Drew Barrymore Quotes

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 always leave a relationship with a sense of hope.

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

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.'

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 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 really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

Everything I do, I do infinite percent.

In general, people are true to their signs.

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.

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

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 no longer have the fear of being alone. It's cool to find out that you don't need a boyfriend to be happy.

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

Don't show your flaws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day.

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

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 think chemistry is finding something you love about a person and then transfering it to an in love kind of thing.

Getting out of your comfort zone, creating an adventure is really good.

I have no internet savvy whatsoever, but I love researching things. The Internet is my library... beyond that, I'm completely intimidated by it.

The more you do speak from the heart, rather than thumping the agenda, people will listen or relate or open themselves up more.

I want to be the rock that floats.

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."

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.

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 like women who like each other and empower each other.

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.

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!"

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'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.

But in some ways, I'm like an old woman - lived it, seen it, done it, been there, have the T-shirt.

I wanna smoke pot, but I can't, cause I'm too paranoid.

I still can't spell anything, but I can bust out two-dollar words.