I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it’s important to seek out that reason – that’s how we learn.
DREW BARRYMOREBoth 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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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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I’d rather be a few pounds heavier and enjoy life than be worried all the time.
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I know that I won’t succeed at everything, every day. Some days have to be solely about my daughter. Some days I really try to be a good wife. Other days, I can take a few hours for myself and just do nothing but really focus on work.
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Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.
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I always leave a relationship with a sense of hope.
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Apparently vodka helps flowers last longer when they’re dying. But you can put vodka in anything and it’ll make it better.
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But in some ways, I’m like an old woman – lived it, seen it, done it, been there, have the T-shirt.
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When things are perfect, that’s when you need to worry most.
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Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing – but it works miracles.
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Whether you’re throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don’t trust women who don’t go to their girlfriends.
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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 want people to love me, but it’s not going to hurt me if they don’t.
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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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I want people to be blown away when I do what they don’t expect.
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