Drew Barrymore Quotes
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When you work in film, you learn to appreciate a distributor. You can have this great little film, but if you don't have a distributor, you are sitting in your living room with a great little film.
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I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'
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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 a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.
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I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person.
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When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.
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The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn't want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger.
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I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.
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I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.
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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 feel like I came out of the womb and was punted - there you go, out in the world!
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I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I don't tend to be thrown by problems that don't have solutions. And insecurity has a wealth of alternatives.
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
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I'm certainly not an uptight home owner.
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The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.
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The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
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I've approached so many things in my life with such intensity that I want to approach motherhood with dedication and focus.
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When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.
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If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.
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I looooove cookbooks. I cook a lot when I'm pregnant.
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It's my crusade to help women feel good about themselves.
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I hate flatscreens. I don't want to see anything in that much pixilation. I don't need to see the pimple on someone's face. 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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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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I 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.