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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 think the world offers so many wonderful varieties of obstacles, but that shouldn't be one for kids - is the worry that 'my parents wont be there.' "

Drew Barrymore

Worry

World

Parents

" I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not me at all. "

Drew Barrymore

Passion

Movies

" 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. "

" I would love to be a travel writer. I'd be so stoked. "

" 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. "

" When I was a kid, everything was so unplanned, my parents were so erratic, and my world was so inconsistent. "

" I'm certainly not an uptight home owner. "

" I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?' "

Drew Barrymore

Prove

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

" 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. "

" It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have. "

" 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. "

" I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system. "

" I really wanted a wonderful, traditional home for my kid. "

" I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you. "

" It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did. "

Drew Barrymore

Love

People

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

" 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. "

" When I did 'E.T.,' it sort of solidified the only family I know are these film crews. These gypsies. These filmmakers. That was the solidification and the clicking revelations of 'This is what I want to do with my life and this is where I'm going to survive.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm such an avid magazine reader - music, art, beauty magazines - and I found that food and restaurants were pouring into everything I cared about. Whether it was the pop-up concept, or some mysterious mini-mall restaurant, I got swept up in the sexy romance of the food movement. "

" 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. "

" Internet does not equal sodium pentothal. "

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

Drew Barrymore

Everything

Way