Drew barrymore quotes

I've got Flossie dog, and she is great. She and I are still in love, 14 years. That's a relationship that works.

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.

Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.

I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed.

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.

There's a big world out there. Bigger than prom, bigger than high school, and it won't matter if you were the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

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

I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.

I think its nice when people find love, because I feel like everyone deserves it.

Nobody is solid and perfect all of the time.

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.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to the side to get where I'm going. I want to create my own road.

I am who I am because of the people who influenced me growing up, and many of them were gay. No one has any right to tell anyone what makes a family

I've never dated anybody older, actually. There are so many things I'm curious about, and I'd love to be able to say, "Teach me." I want to learn from the people around me.

I have certainly had my share of long-distance love affairs.

I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I'm actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they in turn were my life lessons.

I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way.

I always leave a relationship with a sense of hope.

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.

In general, people are true to their signs.

Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me.

People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly.

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

I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.

I just think everything is a learning experience and every moment that you have that actually feels good inside of your heart is an absolute blessing and a gift.

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.

Trust that things will be okay - especially if you put in the time and effort to make them be okay.

You can never, never have too many books

I love the very exposed, humorous, imperfect, never-trying to-pretend-to-be-perfect journey that I have been on in my life.

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

California is an unbelievable state. One day I might be in a spiritual place like Joshua Tree, then before I know it, I'm eating groovy sushi in a mini-mall. I'm a Cali girl through and through.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.

I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear anything sleeveless or strapless. And all of a sudden I was like, What if I just didn't send such negative messages to my brain and said, wear it and enjoy it? And now I'm more comfortable in clothes than ever.

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.

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.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

Apparently vodka helps flowers last longer when they're dying. But you can put vodka in anything and it'll make it better.

There are so many pressures that are put upon young women. Whatever we can do to alleviate that and help women feel beautiful about who we are inside, which is the only beauty there truly is, is so nice. Let's get down and dirty. Let's be a real girl.

Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, "I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

Happiness is a choice. You have to choose it - and you have to fight for it.

From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

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

Everything I touched in the kitchen turned out crappy, no matter how closely I followed the recipe or copied the cooking show.

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.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.

My life takes me all over the world, and I know how hard that can be on a relationship.

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.

Different cocktails for different Saturday nights.

If I die before my cat, I want a little of my ashes put in his food so I can live inside him.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

You have to fight unhappiness like a dragon with fire and breathe.

I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.

I can't think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.

That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that youre supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time.

Every morning I stay in bed for ten minutes to ponder my place in the universe. Then I wash my face and check my karma.

I think happiness is a choice. I believe luck is your attitude. It sounds like a really annoying bumper sticker. But there is such a great truth in that. You choose how you want to feel about what happens to you. I could have been a miserable failure. I haven't had anybody looking over me, and I've found my own way through optimistic exploration and fire-burning mistakes. I am a very happy person with an extraordinary life, so I must be doing a lot of things right. I really believe when you peel away the layers, the worlds is a beautiful place filled with beautiful people.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

Women shouldn't be burdened by what existed in their past, we should all learn how to turn pain into strength.

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

Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing - but it works miracles.

My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.

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?

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 believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn.

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 believe you can be the person that you dream of being.

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

When you become very ill - raise your head. You will definitely see the sunlight.

Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, 'You're not a father.' I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable.

Don't show your flaws.

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

I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or 'the flu'?

I know that I won't succeed at everything, every day. Some days have to be solely about my daughter. Some days I really try to be a good wife. Other days, I can take a few hours for myself and just do nothing but really focus on work.

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.

Everything I do, I do infinite percent.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I live for makeup and I like wine. These are my truths!

What's helped me is having really good friends I know I can rely on. Cameron Diaz is one of the greatest friends anyone can ever have. She has so much love to give.

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 cos I'm too content being by myself.

I've spent a lot of time in my life dedicating myself to love or the pursuit of love or the understanding of love... I’ve stopped believing in happy endings. I’ve started believing in good days.

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

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

I can cook about two things. I can boil hot water for the only pasta I can make.

School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per child, this program changes lives - and ultimately can impact the futures of poor countries around the world in a profound way.

I don't think that life happens by sitting back and waiting. People hold their cards so tight to their chest. Life is short. Tell people you love them. What's the worst that's going to happen?

I'm so in control of my life, you shouldn't dislike anything I do-because I'm not only in the best place I've ever been, but it keeps getting better and better.

Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It's about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from the way you do it

My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.

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.

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.'

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

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.

Beauty is so within. I don't care if you're the most attractive person on the planet...if you're not good inside, it will show. You fall in love with people from the inside out.

We can't take a step backwards when we've already made so many strides forward. I was raised by gay men and women...it's who I am, you cannot define a family. There are children out there who need these loving homes. These are rights that are fundamental and must be had. And I will fight for however long it takes; I don't want to live in a world where prop 8 exists!

I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.

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.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

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

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

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

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 don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.

In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me.

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 think a breakup can be the beginning of a friendship. That's not me trying to make everything OK - it's me saying, "No, we love each other. Let's not pretend we don't."

I love being single. It's great. I get to be who I am and do what I want and be with the people I love. I feel like I have everything and I'm very fortunate, and it's very rich fulfilling time in my life.

I can't get caught up in darkness. I just don't. I always want to gravitate towards light. I love picking yourself up or surviving or being grateful for the good stuff and not getting lost in the tough stuff. The discipline is so natural for me.

I'm just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.

I swear to god; happiness is the best makeup.

If I ever start talking to you about my 'craft', my 'instrument', you have permission to shoot me.

Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.

I took the stairs and felt like my childhood took the elevator.

I feel like I came out of the womb and was punted - there you go, out in the world!

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

I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I don't tend to be thrown by problems that don't have solutions. And insecurity has a wealth of alternatives.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

To be really great and interesting, you have to be a little crazy. I just don't think one comes without the other.

I don't want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.

A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.