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" Kissing in the movies is a real art - figuring out where to put your heads so it looks good on camera. I have had other co-stars who couldn't work that out, which made it a lot harder for me. "

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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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Creativity

My Own

" 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. "

" It's my crusade to help women feel good about themselves. "

" A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? "

" 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'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. "

" My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now. "

" I'm a Cali girl through and through. "

Drew Barrymore

Girl

Through

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

Drew Barrymore

New

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" 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. "

" Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class. "

" You've just got to do the best that you can. "

" 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. "

" 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'm a carb queen. I'll always order macaroni and cheese, but I don't want it to be fancy. I want it to be as close to Kraft Services as it can possibly get! "

" I've approached so many things in my life with such intensity that I want to approach motherhood with dedication and focus. "

" Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. "

" 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'm certainly not an uptight home owner. "

" 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. "

" It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're trying to make it look good, but you feel like you're just working on your own. "

" I love Tate Modern; there's such great style and shopping here. I love the galleries and the pubs out on the street, just having your pint as the sun is setting. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed. "

Drew Barrymore

Obsessed

I Am

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

" I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't. "

" 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 never act my characters - I am them. "

Drew Barrymore

Characters

Act

" I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance. "