I understand there are inevitable things that we have to go through: heartbreak, family problems. I don’t feel like some Quixotic idiot who says, ‘We don’t have to feel pain.’ No! Let’s feel it, let’s make it work for ourselves. But I want us all to be able to get past it.
DREW BARRYMOREThe reason I started officially learning to cook was because when I first got pregnant, I had to face the sad fact that I didn’t even know how to boil an egg.
More Drew Barrymore Quotes
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It’s my crusade to help women feel good about themselves.
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I never want to get to the point where it’s all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.
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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.
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I don’t really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there.
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Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.
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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.
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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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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’m very homework-oriented – I’m a little Tracy Flick-ish.
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I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed.
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It’s embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I’m glad I did.
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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
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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.
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If you’re 35 and single and it’s a choice, it feels fine. So I didn’t settle with the wrong person yet. Big deal!
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