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" Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff. "

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" I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear anything sleeveless or strapless. And all of a sudden I was like, What if I just didn't send such negative messages to my brain and said, wear it and enjoy it? And now I'm more comfortable in clothes than ever. "

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" When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice. "

" It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning. "

" I started finding hearts in things - whether it was like, a tree I was passing, a straw wrapper on the ground; I think the heart has one continuous line, which is very powerful. "

" 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. "

" I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry. "

Drew Barrymore

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" When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect all the time. "

" 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. "

" It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night. "

" The older you get, the few slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them? "

" I looooove cookbooks. I cook a lot when I'm pregnant. "

" I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that. "

" I find a lot of really hot people to be extremely boring because they haven't had to work at it. "

" Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me. "

" I was raised in that generation where it was all 'Women can have it all!' and I don't think you can. I think something falls off the table. The good thing is that the things that stay on the table become so much more important. "

" I do everything in this life-or-death way. "

Drew Barrymore

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" I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life. "

" I have no regrets in my life whatsoever. "

" A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message. "

" My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled. "

" I appreciate my journey, but I don't want that for my kid. Not any of it. It has nothing to do with whether I liked my childhood. I really did. But as a parent, that isn't the childhood that I'd provide. "

" I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a little bummed out when there is too much fancy stuff going on and it doesn't resemble the original dish at all. "

" 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? "

" There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. "

" 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. "

" Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy. "

" I think that we all have to have that rite of passage of dating the tortured artist who seems cooler than we think we are; we aspire to be like them, and we're excited that somebody is turning us on to new music or a new lifestyle. "

" My whole life, I've wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It's the most liberating thing in the world. "

" I'm okay with the idea that slow and steady wins the race. "

" Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.' "