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My therapist says I still haven’t got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I’m going to explode. But I’m still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing – all those experiences led me to the paths that I’m on now.

Drew Barrymore

When you’ve been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn’t have to act perfect all the time.
DREW BARRYMORE

Institutions People Perfect
When it comes to business, I am a woman, and when it comes to relationships, I am a child. I just haven’t figured out how to bring the same confidence and conviction I have in the boardroom to my romantic relationships.
DREW BARRYMORE

Children Conviction Relationship Romantic
I’m just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.
DREW BARRYMORE

Different Function Relationship
I think that we all have to have that rite of passage of dating the tortured artist who seems cooler than we think we are; we aspire to be like them, and we’re excited that somebody is turning us on to new music or a new lifestyle.
DREW BARRYMORE

Artist Dating Thinking
Life’s too short. We have to love each other.
DREW BARRYMORE

Each Life Love Other Short
I like women who like each other and empower each other.
DREW BARRYMORE

Each Other Empowering Women
I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won’t be able to get to know someone another way.
DREW BARRYMORE

Eye Hippie Mean
No matter what the genre, I want to see me and my friends. I want to see reality. I want to see what we’re really like. I loved ‘Bridesmaids’. I thought it was the most honest portrayal of female friendship in such a long time.
DREW BARRYMORE

Long Matter Reality
I always get nervous before a kissing scene. I make sure I always brush my teeth and eat lots of fruit and nice foods rather than garlic. I’m terribly self conscious.
DREW BARRYMORE

Kissing Nice Self Terribly
I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else’s door. Because I don’t want the remnants. I don’t want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning.
DREW BARRYMORE

Doors Morning Pigs
I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.
DREW BARRYMORE

Balance Life Lines Work
My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn’t. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn’t care for the lifestyle.
DREW BARRYMORE

Care Creativity Hollywood Lifestyle
I just think everything is a learning experience and every moment that you have that actually feels good inside of your heart is an absolute blessing and a gift.
DREW BARRYMORE

Blessing Heart Thinking
Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It’s about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from the way you do it
DREW BARRYMORE

Enlightenment Obstacles Way
I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I’m actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they in turn were my life lessons.
DREW BARRYMORE

Lesson Life Mistakes Past
I want people to love me, but it’s not going to hurt me if they don’t.
DREW BARRYMORE

Hurt People Want

My therapist says I still haven’t got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I’m going to explode. But I’m still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing – all those experiences led me to the paths that I’m on now.

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My therapist says I still haven’t got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I’m going to explode. But I’m still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing – all those experiences led me to the paths that I’m on now.

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