I always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn’t have it growing up.
DREW BARRYMOREI love working with the actors eye-to-eye. I think something gets lost in translation, not only through a monitor, but when you leave the area where the actual scene is taking place.
More Drew Barrymore Quotes
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If I ever start talking to you about my ‘craft’, my ‘instrument’, you have permission to shoot me.
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When I did ‘E.T.,’ it sort of solidified the only family I know are these film crews. These gypsies. These filmmakers. That was the solidification and the clicking revelations of ‘This is what I want to do with my life and this is where I’m going to survive.’
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A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.
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I don’t want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.
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I did love horror films from the ’70s and ’80s. That was my sweet spot.
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I’m very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.
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If you’re going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it.
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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.
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I’m sure wine snobs look at me and think, how dare you.
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,’ which is what happened when we did ‘Charlie’s Angels.’ Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.
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I’m not insecure. I’ve been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I’ve got huge balls. But I’ve been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.
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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.
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People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly.
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My life takes me all over the world, and I know how hard that can be on a relationship.
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I’ve got Flossie dog, and she is great. She and I are still in love, 14 years. That’s a relationship that works.
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