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" I never act my characters - I am them. "
Drew Barrymore
Characters
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" 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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" 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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" If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it. "
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" I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child. "
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" I'm a bit of a control freak. "
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" At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. 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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" Families in real life don't tend to resolve things neatly. "
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" I have certainly had my share of long-distance love affairs. "
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" I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life. "
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" Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. "
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" I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot. "
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" I'm just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else. "
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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. "
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" A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message. "
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" 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. "
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" Internet does not equal sodium pentothal. "
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" A lot of my business is about protecting creativity. "
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" I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't. "
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" I'm a Cali girl through and through. "
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" I feel like some of my baby fat is going away, and that's not just physically, it's psychologically. I think that your body is in tune with your mind and your spirituality and your heart. If things are going better, I just think you look better. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I have to say, if someone literally said to me, 'You're going off to a desert island, what is the one thing you would bring?' I would say, 'It's my concealer or you can just kill me now.' I've thought this through! Because I would find, like, berries in a bowl and make blush. "
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" I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't. "
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