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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.

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My Therapist Says I

Drew Barrymore

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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.

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I Cry A Lot. I'll Cry Because I See A Person Walking Down The Street Looking Lonely.

I Always Thought I Desperately Wanted A Husband And A Big Family, Because I Didn't Have It Growing Up.

My Favorite Thing About Being A Mom Is Just What A Better Person It Makes You On A Daily Basis.

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Both Of My Marriages Have Taught Me The Same Lesson Twice Over Really Harsh: Listen To Your Instincts. Don't Be A People Pleaser.

I'd Rather Be A Few Pounds Heavier And Enjoy Life Than Be Worried All The Time.

You've Just Got To Do The Best That You Can.

My Life Choices Are Not Supposed To Be The Gateway To Somebody Else's. That's My Journey.

It Wasn't My Choice To Be An Open Book, But When People Found Out What My Life Was Like When I Was 14 Or 15, I Didn't Deny It. I Think The More Imperfect You Are, The More Human You Are.

Trust That Things Will Be Okay - Especially If You Put In The Time And Effort To Make Them Be Okay.

I Try To Be A Good Shiksa Wife. I Go To Central Synagogue In New York.

Girls Want To Be With Guys Who Have A Sense Of Humor-it Makes Them Far More Attractive To Us.

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.

I Grew Up In A Makeup Chair, To See! The Women Around Me Getting Ready Was So Aspirational, It Is About Mothers And Daughters, A Girl Watching Her Mom At A Vanity Table.

Some Of The Mini-worlds That Filmmakers Have Created Are So Ingrained In My Love Of Culture.

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 Been Producing For 13 Years. I've Made A String Of Joyful Movies With Positive Messages About Comedy, Love And Romance.

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.

I Never Regret Anything. Because Every Little Detail Of Your Life Is What Made You Into Who You Are In The End.

I Should Attempt To Write A Love Song, I Have Written Lots Of Poetry About Love So I Could Turn Those Into Lyrics. I'm A Sucker For Romance - Always Have Been, Always Will Be. I Love Walking Down The Beach And Listening To My Ipod And Belting Them Out. What Would We Do Without Love Songs?

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.

You Can Never, Never Have Too Many Books

There Are A Lot Of Us Little Gypsies Out There That Need To Go And Find Another Place You Know. A Safer, Healthier Or Just A Different Venue In Order To Develop And Find Ourselves. I Am So Lucky To Live The Life That I Do.

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 Think Happiness Is What Makes You Pretty.

When You Have A Big Life Change, It Takes A Long Time To Get Used To Either The New Format Or The Understanding That You Need To Create A New Dream. Or If Things Didn't Work Out, Mourning The Death Of That Dream. It's Hard, Because That's A Very Private Journey.

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

Celebrity! It's Become The Most Disgusting Word On The Planet. It Makes Me Sick To My Stomach.

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 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'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.

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.

But In Some Ways, I'm Like An Old Woman - Lived It, Seen It, Done It, Been There, Have The T-shirt.

I Think Its Nice When People Find Love, Because I Feel Like Everyone Deserves It.

A Fish May Love A Bird, But Where Would They Live?

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.

Nobody Is Solid And Perfect All Of The Time.

Daisies Are Like Sunshine To The Ground.

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

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

The Best Kind Of Parent You Can Be Is To Lead By Example.

I Definitely Don't Think That I'm Hot Doo-doo. I Don't.

But It's All About Confidence And Allowing Yourself To Put Your Personality Into It. I Really Am The Worst Singer On The Planet; I Make People Cry And Vomit When I Sing.

I Can Tell When An Actor's Forcing Tears, And It's Tricky Because You Then Have To Film It And Edit In A Certain Way To Skirt Around The Issue.

I Swear To God; Happiness Is The Best Makeup.

I Always Leave A Relationship With A Sense Of Hope.

I'm Just Learning Who I Am And How Relationships Work And How To Make Them Function. No Different From Anyone Else.

If You're Going To Go Through Hell... I Suggest You Come Back Learning Something.

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.

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

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 Love The Very Exposed, Humorous, Imperfect, Never-trying To-pretend-to-be-perfect Journey That I Have Been On In My Life.

Get Yourself Out. Be Brave. Don't Leave Before You're Ready, Because You Should Know That You Tried Everything. So There's A Conviction And A Confidence When You Step Away From Something That May Or May Not Be Conducive To Your Life. I Think If You Run Away Too Quickly, You're Going To Have That "oh God, Did I Try Everything?" Feeling. Try Everything. Make It Work. Do Everything You Can. If It's Not Working, Then Know When The Signal Is And Move On. Change. Try Something Different.

Happiness Is A Choice. You Have To Choose It - And You Have To Fight For It.

Happiness Is A Choice

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.

I Think Video Village Is Bullshit. It's Like It's A Breeding Ground For People To Nitpick And Feel Important. It's Just Such A Weird Dynamic.

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.

I'm Not A Very Organized Person For Being Uber Work-obsessed. I Struggle To Keep It All Organized Because Everything Can Become Important And, When You Have So Many Spinning Plates, They Sometimes Can Cancel Each Other Out Because You Lose Track Of Everything.

Spinning Plates

I Always Like Worlds Where You Could Be In Several Different Time Periods.

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

Going Back To Georgiana Drew And John Drew, And My Great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, And It Was Such A Sort Of Circus Of Odd, Interesting People That Loved Acting.

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.

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 Learned Early On That Family, As Far As My Mother And Father, Were Not An Option.

Mother And Father

I Don't Want To Be Vain Or Fearful, And I Don't Think I'll Do Anything [in Terms Of Plastic Surgery], But If I Want To Do Something, I Will. From My Perspective, There's No Reason To Be Afraid Of Aging, Because If You Age, You're Lucky! The Alternative Is Death.

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

From My Perspective, There's No Reason To Be Afraid Of Aging, Because If You Age, You're Lucky! The Alternative Is Death.

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 Like Camera Trickery And Editing And Doubles And All Of That.

I Think A Any Person Who Has A High Profile Job Or Who Travels All The Time Or Who Has A Lot Of Stress Associated With Their Job Can Be Difficult To Be In A Relationship With.

I Hate Women Who Say They Can Eat Whatever They Want, Because I Don't Relate To That At All. It Isn't Fair! I Absolutely Live For Food.

My Limbs Work, So I'm Not Going To Complain About The Way My Body Is Shaped.

Being Beautiful

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 Started Finding Hearts In Things - Whether It Was Like, A Tree I Was Passing, A Straw Wrapper On The Ground, I Think The Heart Has One Continuous Line, Which Is Very Powerful.

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.

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 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.

The Low Points I Had All Helped Make Up My Character, So I Probably Wouldn't Want To Do Away With Them Because I Like Being Flawed And I Like Having Them Help Me Grow And Change And Become Better And Stronger.

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

When Things Are Perfect, That's When You Need To Worry Most.

I'm Certainly Not An Uptight Home Owner.

I Think That Being Happy Makes The Biggest Impact On Your Physical Appearance.

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?

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.

Speaking Of Important Things, There Are So Many Battles Right Now That People Are Fighting For That It's Overwhelming, But I Am Always In Favor Of People Who Crusade For The Sake Of People's Hearts And Their Well-being. That Is What Is Important.

The Reason I Started Officially Learning To Cook Was Because When I First Got Pregnant, I Had To Face The Sad Fact That I Didn't Even Know How To Boil An Egg.

Whatever I've Experienced In My Life Is A Part Of My Story, And I'm Proud Of That. But It's Someone Who Wakes Up Early, Works All Day, Believes In Charitable Work, Business-minded, Diligent, Accountable, Problem-solving... I'm So Much About School, Consistency And Tradition.

Charitable Work

I Don't Think That I Have Any Musical Talent.

Oh, I Love Hugging. I Wish I Was An Octopus, So I Could Hug 10 People At A Time!

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.

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 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 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.

Congratulations

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.

I Don't Like Working By A Monitor. I Stand Right Next To The Camera, And I'm Very Performance-oriented. That Really Means Everything To Me, Whether It's Doing An Improv Of A Joke Or An Emotional Scene, And Everything In Between.

I Wanna Smoke Pot, But I Can't, Cause I'm Too Paranoid.

I Didn't Grow Up In A Traditional Family, And I Never Had A Family Dinner Around The Table, So Whenever I Actually Had A Dinner 'plan,' It Meant A Lot To Me; It Made Me Feel Excited And Safe.

I Believe That Everything Happens For A Reason, But I Think It's Important To Seek Out That Reason - That's How We Learn.

Everything Happens For A Reason

I Used To Look In The Mirror And Feel Shame, I Look In The Mirror Now And I Absolutely Love Myself.

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 Jokes, But God, Jokes Can Go So Wrong. I Have Stayed Up Many Nights Thinking, "f**k. I Can't Believe I Made That Silly Little Joke. That Was A Disaster."

My Life Takes Me All Over The World, And I Know How Hard That Can Be On A Relationship.

Young Girls Come Up To Me All The Time To Ask For Advice. They See Me As A Survivor.

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 Know What The Intimidation Level Of High School Is. You're On A Hamster Wheel, Running, Running, Running, Trying So Hard To Fit In. It's All About How You Deal With What You're Given, Feeling Ok With Being The Odd Man Out Before You're Finally Successful.

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.

Being Pregnant And Having A Toddler, As Every Parent Says, Is Amazing. You're Very Tired, But It's So Wonderful. God, It's Emotional, But It's The Best. I Wouldn't Want To Be Anywhere Else.

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.

I Think Chemistry Is Finding Something You Love About A Person And Then Transfering It To An In Love Kind Of Thing.

I Want To Be With The Man Who Wants To Open A Movie Studio With Me And Make Films For New, Fresh Filmmakers Who Aren't Getting A Chance Somewhere Else. I Haven't Yet Had That Type Of Partnership In A Romantic Relationship.

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

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.

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.

I Did Love Horror Films From The '70s And '80s. That Was My Sweet Spot.

Feeding A Child At School Is Such A Simple Thing - But It Works Miracles.

If You Don't Take Risks, You'll Have A Wasted Soul.

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.

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

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.

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.

Love And Respect

A Thank-you Can Be Just As Meaningful As A Soulful Ten-page Message.

Just When You Think You're Hitting Your Stride Someone Will Shout "cut" And Ask You To Move Your Head To The Left. It's Such An Awkward Process. You Try To Make It Passionate But It Ends Up Being Mechanical.

I'm Okay With The Idea That Slow And Steady Wins The Race.

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 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.

My Whole Life, I've Wanted To Feel Comfortable In My Skin. It's The Most Liberating Thing In The World.

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.

Internet Does Not Equal Sodium Pentothal.

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.

It's Never Too Late. Don't Focus On What Was Taken Away. Find Something To Replace It, And Acknowledge The Blessing You Have.

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 Would Love To Be A Travel Writer. I'd Be So Stoked.

I Can't Think Of Any Issue That Is More Important Than Working To See That No Schoolchild In This World Goes Hungry.

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 Never Want To Get To The Point Where It's All About My Needs, And The Hell With Anybody Else.

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.

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've Approached So Many Things In My Life With Such Intensity That I Want To Approach Motherhood With Dedication And Focus.

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.

I Just Didn't Understand The American Political System, And I Felt Really Stupid About That.

If You’re 35 And Single And It’s A Choice, It Feels Fine. So I Didn’t Settle With The Wrong Person Yet. Big Deal!

I Took The Stairs And Felt Like My Childhood Took The Elevator.

When You Work In Film, You Learn To Appreciate A Distributor. You Can Have This Great Little Film, But If You Don't Have A Distributor, You Are Sitting In Your Living Room With A Great Little Film.

Instead Of Being Insecure And Jealous And Suspicious And Wonder If Every Guy Is Going To Cheat On Me, I Decided To Say, "nope. This Will Be Totally Enough For Somebody One Day." That Was A Real Script Flip And It Changed The Rest Of My Life In Such A Positive Way. So I Feel Like I Want To Teach Stuff Like That To My Girls.

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!

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.

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.

I Am Obsessed With Ice Cubes. Obsessed.

I've Always Wanted To Work With Hugh [grant] Because I Loved His Movies.

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

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 Don't Cook, I Can't Cook, And It Is Really Abominable To See Me In The Kitchen. I Order In Takeaway Food Or Get My Friends To Cook Because A Lot Of Them Are Very Good.

I Feel Really Connected To These Young Ladies I Get To Work With; I'm Dancing Around With Them And Playing Music For Them. We Sit Down And Get To Know Each Other So We Have A Shorthand.

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.

Happiness Takes Work. It Doesn't Always Fall Off Trees Or Come Easily. You Really Have To Be Someone That Doesn't Fall Prey To Being Sad. I Don't Want Sad, I Can't Be Sad, I Don't Want To Be About Sad; I Avoid Sad. It Inherently Envelops You, So Do Everything That You Can To Escape It All The Time.

I Want People To Be Blown Away When I Do What They Don't Expect.

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.

To Be Really Great And Interesting, You Have To Be A Little Crazy. I Just Don't Think One Comes Without The Other.

If I Read Something That's Really Intense And Depressive, I Will Face It; I Will Try - But There's Plenty Of Times I Also Run Away. I Think It's Trying To Find A Balance Between The Positive And The Negative. They Don't Exist Without Each Other. It's The Polarity; It's Two Sides Of A Coin. You Can't Get One Without The Other. I Don't Wallow. I Can't Stand It.

If I Die Before My Cat, I Want A Little Of My Ashes Put In His Food So I Can Live Inside Him.

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

I Loved The World Of Roller Derby Because I Thought It Was Such An Empowering Metaphor, That You Get Out There And Do It. It's Such A Rocker, Athletic, Capable, Cool Exhibitionist Sport; It's About This Great Sort Of Camaraderie.

I Aspire To Be That, To Be A Voice Of Reason One Day.

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 No Longer Have The Fear Of Being Alone. It's Cool To Find Out That You Don't Need A Boyfriend To Be Happy.

Fear Of Being Alone

Need A Boyfriend

I Loved Duran Duran's "girls On Film" - It Was Really Sexy And Naughty And Totally Weird. When You're A Kid Watching That Stuff On Television You're Like, "well, We Are Opening Up As A Society!"

I Want People To Love Me, But It's Not Going To Hurt Me If They Don't.

I Really Have Created A Family. I Work With The People I Love, I Travel With Them, I Make Films With Them, And I'm In An Office With Them. So In A Weird Way - I Know I Haven't Birthed A Child - I Feel That I'm A Part Of Creating A Family. It's A Tribe. I Love That Word.

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.

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.

Sometimes I Bust Out And Do Things So Permanent. Like Tattoos And Marriage.

Permanent Things

I Could Never Be Cynical, Not That I Think There's Anything Wrong With Cynicism. I Think It Can Be Quite Funny At Times. But I Just Feel So Grateful To Be Alive.

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 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.

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!

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

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.'

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

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.

I'm A Very Research-, Homework-oriented Person.

It's Only Through Listening That You Learn, And I Never Want To Stop Learning.

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 Used To Have A Blankie, And When My Mom Had To Wash It, I Would Sit Outside The Dryer And Watch It Go Round And Round, And Cry.

I Like So Many Different Kinds Of Chick Flicks. I Like Rom-coms, I Like Female Friendship Movies.

It's Been Such A Struggle To Learn All That I Have; I Wouldn't Want To Give Any Of That Knowledge Up. That's Why I've Always Loved Acting; As A Kid, I Didn't Necessarily Like My Real Life, So I Could Escape Into These Other Characters And Experience A Life Completely Different From My Own.

I'm Very Homework-oriented - I'm A Little Tracy Flick-ish.

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.

When It Comes To Business, I Am A Woman, And When It Comes To Relationships, I Am A Child. I Just Haven't Figured Out How To Bring The Same Confidence And Conviction I Have In The Boardroom To My Romantic Relationships.

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My Life Is So Different Than I Thought It Would Be.

Putting Your Name On Something And Having No Idea How It Came About If Someone Else Did All The Work - That's Not Me.

I Feel Like I Came Out Of The Womb And Was Punted - There You Go, Out In The World!

The More You Do Speak From The Heart, Rather Than Thumping The Agenda, People Will Listen Or Relate Or Open Themselves Up More.

I Really Wanted A Wonderful, Traditional Home For My Kid.

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

I Want To Be The Rock That Floats.

I Looooove Cookbooks. I Cook A Lot When I'm Pregnant.

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 Remember Being On Film Sets When I Was Younger, And Only Men Got To Do The Cool Action Movies. So I Thought, 'maybe I'll Get To Produce One Day And Get To Do Cool Stuff Too,' Which Is What Happened When We Did 'charlie's Angels.' Starting My Production Company Was A Big Turning Point For Me.

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