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I Think My Whole Life, Work Has Been A Very Important And Positive Thing For Me. It Never Was Something That Made Me Feel Unhappy Or Disengaged From Life. It Always Makes Me Feel Like I'm Plugged In, In A Really Healthy Way.

-Drew Barrymore

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I Think My Whole

Drew Barrymore

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I Think My Whole Life, Work Has Been A Very Important And Positive Thing For Me. It Never Was Something That Made Me Feel Unhappy Or Disengaged From Life. It Always Makes Me Feel Like I'm Plugged In, In A Really Healthy Way.

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Always Thinking

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Spinning Plates

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Charitable Work

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Favorites Things

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Happiness Is A Choice

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Romantic Relationship

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When I Was 19, I Picked Up An Old, Tiny, Automatic Yashica Camera And I Just Started Shooting. We Didn't Have Iphones Back Then, We Didn't Even Have Cell Phones. I Loved Having A Camera In My Hand.

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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.

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I Try Each Day, Each Month, Each Year To Become A Better And Better Person And To Be Good To The People I Love And Let Them Know How Much I Appreciate Them.

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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.

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.

I'm Certainly Not An Uptight Home Owner.

I Still Can't Spell Anything, But I Can Bust Out Two-dollar Words.

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.

Indecision Is The Most Unsexy Thing On The Planet. I Don't Know If I'm Sexy But I Think Decisiveness Is Sexy. I Also Lose Trust And Faith In Them When I Realise I'm A Bit On My Own And That's A Very Disheartening Feeling.

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.

I Don't Want To Be Stinky Poo Poo Girl, I Want To Be Happy Flower Child.

It's Not Just About Acting. I Love Film, I'm A Director Now, I Love Writing, I Love Producing, I Love Having A Company That Makes Films And To Be Prolific And Have A Place To Put All The Ideas That Are Constantly Bubbling Up Inside Of Me And That Don't Let Me Sleep At Night.

As A Kid I Got To Like Hang Out With Stephen King. That Was Like The Highlight Of My Life. Cause I Think He's The Raddest Human Being Ever.

You Can't Treat A Romantic Relationship The Same Way You Do A Business One, By Being Bossy. It Takes Tender, Compromising, Loving Tactics. And That's Such A Different Approach.

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.

Apparently Vodka Helps Flowers Last Longer When They're Dying. But You Can Put Vodka In Anything And It'll Make It Better.

When [my Friend] Had Her Kid, She Was Like, "9:30?! I'm Not Living In Barcelona. I Need Dinner At 6." I Never Got That Until Now. Four Years Ago, When I Met Her, I Thought That Was Extreme. I Was Like, "i Love Barcelona!" Now, I'm So Mad When Someone Suggests An 8 Pm Reservation Because That Means We Won't Eat Until 8:30 Or 9 Pm. Forget It!

I Always Get Nervous Before A Kissing Scene. I Make Sure I Always Brush My Teeth And Eat Lots Of Fruit And Nice Foods Rather Than Garlic. I'm Terribly Self Conscious.

Love Is The Hardest Habit To Break, And The Most Difficult To Satisfy.

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 Don't Want To Sit Around And Hope Good Things Happen. I Want To Make Them Happen.

I Have No Internet Savvy Whatsoever, But I Love Researching Things. The Internet Is My Library... Beyond That, I'm Completely Intimidated By It.

Sometimes You Come To A Point Where There's Nothing More You Can Do. You Love And Respect Each Other, But It's Not Working. So You Amicably Decide To Part. I Don't Know What The Future Holds: A Lot Of People Get Back Together After They Break Up.

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 Make Movies. I Have A Passion. Puppies And Daisies Don't Accomplish Anything. That's Not Me At All.

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 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.

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.

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.

I Never Really Had A Childhood. I Was Around Adults All The Time. My Favorite Book When I Was Eight Was “everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex - But Were Afraid To Ask”. I Was Not Afraid To Ask.

No Matter What The Genre, I Want To See Me And My Friends. I Want To See Reality. I Want To See What We're Really Like. I Loved 'bridesmaids'. I Thought It Was The Most Honest Portrayal Of Female Friendship In Such A Long Time.

Once You've Been In A Mental Institution, People Are Going To Look At You Funny.

I Think There's A Tremendous Amount Of Guilt That Goes On Between Mothers And Daughters, No Matter How Good Or Bad Their Relationships Are. It Kills Girls Inside When They Think They're Letting Their Mothers Down.

I Have No Regrets In My Life Whatsoever.

Have No Regrets

I Want To Be The Rock That Floats.

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.

You Have To Fight Unhappiness Like A Dragon With Fire And Breathe.

I Just Think Happiness Is What Makes You Pretty. Period. Happy People Are Beautiful. They Become Like A Mirror And They Reflect That Happiness. If Somebody Walks In The Room And They're Drop-dead Gorgeous And Sexy, It's Really Fun To Look At. But If Someone Is Giving Of Their Spirit And They Make You Laugh And Feel Good, That's A Whole Other Level Of Beauty.

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.

A Lot Of My Business Is About Protecting Creativity.

Families In Real Life Don't Tend To Resolve Things Neatly.

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?

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.

I'm Sure Wine Snobs Look At Me And Think, How Dare You.

Everyone Is Like A Butterfly, They Start Out Ugly And Awkward And Then Morph Into Beautiful Graceful Butterflies That Everyone Loves.

Life Is Very Interesting... In The End, Some Of Your Greatest Pains, Become Your Greatest Strengths.

I've Always Been One Of Those People Who Romanticized Cooking, But The Few Attempts I'd Made In My Life Resulted In Friends' Contorted Faces As They Desperately Tried To Say Something Nice About The "dish" They Were Eating.

Women Shouldn't Be Burdened By What Existed In Their Past, We Should All Learn How To Turn Pain Into Strength.

I'm A Real Stay-at-home Mom. I'm Really Hands-on. Everything Else Became Secondary.

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.

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.

I Like Women Who Like Each Other And Empower Each Other.

Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Creating An Adventure Is Really Good.

I Love Roller Coasters That Make My Stomach Drop. One Ride In Las Vegas, The Big Shot, Straps You Into A Row Of Seats And Catapults You Into The Air From The Top Of The Stratosphere Tower - Then Plummets Back Down. I Ride It Over And Over; It's Exhilarating.

I Live For Makeup And I Like Wine. These Are My Truths!

When I Was A Kid, I Got Really Great Advice From Someone Who Is So Important To Me And Someone Who I Respect So Much, And They Told Me, 'don't Do Too Many Endorsements. Don't Throw Your Name On Things; Think Of Your Longevity.'

I Think I’m Moody Because I’m A Woman. I Can Ask Any Man In This Room, Like Women Are Just Inherently Like, Moody Or Hormonal People. I Don’t Know How Men Deal With It. I Praise Them.

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