But in some ways, I’m like an old woman – lived it, seen it, done it, been there, have the T-shirt.
DREW BARRYMOREI decided very early on that it took too much of my energy to pretend to be someone else. People will make up their minds about me whatever I do or say, but at least I know I am being true to myself.
More Drew Barrymore Quotes
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I’m certainly not an uptight home owner.
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I’d definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child’s dreams. I’d just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do… I think I’d be a good parent, actually.
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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 am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed.
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I never act my characters – I am them.
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I just didn’t understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.
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But it’s all about confidence and allowing yourself to put your personality into it. I really am the worst singer on the planet; I make people cry and vomit when I sing.
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I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it’s important to seek out that reason – that’s how we learn.
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I love the world through glass. The more old, dusty and tainted that glass is, the prettier and more impressionistic that is to me. I don’t need to see everything perfectly. I don’t like it.
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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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I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance.
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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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Sometimes you come to a point where there’s nothing more you can do. You love and respect each other, but it’s not working. So you amicably decide to part. I don’t know what the future holds: a lot of people get back together after they break up.
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I think a breakup can be the beginning of a friendship. That’s not me trying to make everything OK – it’s me saying, “No, we love each other. Let’s not pretend we don’t.”
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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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