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" I find a lot of really hot people to be extremely boring because they haven't had to work at it. "
Drew Barrymore
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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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Dedication
" 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? "
Drew Barrymore
Fun
Life
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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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Own
Creativity
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" I love romance. I'm a sucker for it. I love it so much. It's pathetic. "
Drew Barrymore
Romance
Love
Sucker
" 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. "
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People
Time
You
" 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. "
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Friends
Success
Power
" 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. "
Drew Barrymore
People
Energy
Me
" And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity. "
Drew Barrymore
Time
Actor
You
" You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself. "
Drew Barrymore
Live
Angry
Life
" I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance. "
Drew Barrymore
Impact
Think
Your
" You're not supposed to look perfect while you're making babies. Making babies is the perfection. It's about feeling good in clothes and knowing you can get dressed up in the evening, work it for a minute, and maybe get back in a certain pair of jeans. But there's just no such thing as perfection. "
Drew Barrymore
Good
Work
Perfection
" I grew up in a makeup chair. And to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It's about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table. "
Drew Barrymore
Vanity
Women
Girl
" There are a lot of us little gypsies out there that need to go and find another place you know. A safer, healthier or just a different venue in order to develop and find ourselves. I am so lucky to live the life that I do. "
Drew Barrymore
I Am
Know
Life
" There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself. "
Drew Barrymore
God
Home
Night
" If you're not prepared, and you're not passionate, and you don't push yourself to a level of human exhaustion on every level, mentally and physically and creatively... I've seen directors who approach it casually, and they do somehow maintain better hours... but I could never be that guy. I am up and editing all night. "
Drew Barrymore
Better
I Am
Night
" 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. "
Drew Barrymore
Living
You
Appreciate
" I have no regrets in my life whatsoever. "
Drew Barrymore
No Regrets
Regrets
My Life
" I loved the world of roller derby because I thought it was such an empowering metaphor, that you get out there and do it. It's such a rocker, athletic, capable, cool exhibitionist sport; it's about this great sort of camaraderie. "
Drew Barrymore
Loved
Thought
Great
" 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. "
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Music
Think
Artist
" A lot of my business is about protecting creativity. "
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Lot
Creativity
Business
" My whole life, I've wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It's the most liberating thing in the world. "
Drew Barrymore
World
Life
Feel
" 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
Mom
Sit
Go
" 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'. "
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Cool
Movies
Thought
" I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important. "
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People
Understand
Way
" Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me. "
Drew Barrymore
Someone
Something
Work
" My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey. "
Drew Barrymore
Choices
Journey
My Life
" 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. "
Drew Barrymore
Beautiful
Feel
Head
" I've always been a homemaker, like, I like creating spaces. Even if I stay in a hotel, I'll unpack, I'll put my books out, I'll put my camera out, I'll throw a sweater over the lamp to get better light. I am a homemaker. "
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Hotel
Light
Over
" 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. "
Drew Barrymore
I Can
Funny
Me
" The older you get, the few slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them? "
Drew Barrymore
You
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