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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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" Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I felt OK about having the passion to act. It made sense because my whole family had done it and it helped rationalise it for me. "

Drew Barrymore

Spiritual

Family

Great

" 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. "

" The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day; the reality of things is what happens tomorrow. "

" If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something. "

Drew Barrymore

Back

Going

" God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped. "

Drew Barrymore

Choice

Body

" I try to be a good shiksa wife. I go to Central Synagogue in New York. "

Drew Barrymore

New

Good

" 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. "

" I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child. "

" I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life. "

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

" 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. "

" I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed. "

Drew Barrymore

Obsessed

I Am

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

" I'm a very research-, homework-oriented person. "

" Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

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

" My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I'm probably more conservative because of it. "

" I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm. "

" I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell as a kid made me sensitive to what others in this world go through, too. "

Drew Barrymore

Amazing

Hell

" I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day. "

" I don't really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Of course I want to look good in clothes. And it never makes me feel good when somebody who has an insane figure tells me, 'I eat whatever I want.' "

" I've produced and gotten to do a lot of optimistic love stories, and that was so where I was at for 10 years in my life. And now I feel like, Okay, now I know how to do that. I want to get scared again; I want to feel the way I felt when I started my company, when I started producing. "

" Life's too short. We have to love each other. "

" When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most. "