I always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn’t have it growing up.
DREW BARRYMOREI never act my characters – I am them.
More Drew Barrymore Quotes
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Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don’t be a people pleaser.
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I don’t like working by a monitor. I stand right next to the camera, and I’m very performance-oriented. That really means everything to me, whether it’s doing an improv of a joke or an emotional scene, and everything in between.
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I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.
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I’m not a very organized person for being uber work-obsessed. I struggle to keep it all organized because everything can become important and, when you have so many spinning plates, they sometimes can cancel each other out because you lose track of everything.
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I love movies, I love being a part of them, and this is the one occupation I love living and playing in and stressing myself out over.
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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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My life is so different than I thought it would be.
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I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance.
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I 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.
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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 don’t even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don’t want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.
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I want people to be blown away when I do what they don’t expect.
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The thing that has been weighing on my mind this week is that I wanted to go and save all the little live lobsters in restaurants and throw them back in the ocean. Imagine me being arrested for that.
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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.
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I’ve always said that one night, I’m going to find myself in some field somewhere, I’m standing on grass, and it’s raining, and I’m with the person I love, and I know I’m at the very point I’ve been dreaming of getting to.
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