Drew Barrymore Quotes

Sometimes get lost in the white noise of people's anger and being super adamant on one side or the other. And what fails to happen is that you actually aren't disseminating the information that you want to get across to these people.

I want to be the rock that floats.

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.

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

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'

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 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'm sure wine snobs look at me and think, how dare you.

The thing that has been weighing on my mind this week is that I wanted to go and save all the little live lobsters in restaurants and throw them back in the ocean. Imagine me being arrested for that.

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 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 always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn't have it growing up.

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.'

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

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

To be honest, I don't have data in my brain of how a relationship with a man is supposed to function.

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 looooove cookbooks. I cook a lot when I'm pregnant.

I think Shazam is one of the coolest inventions on the planet, and whether I was in a thrift store or in my car, every other week I was Shazaming another Best Coast song.

I love writing, directing and photography; if I could figure out a way to put the three things together, that's what I would love to do.

Everything I do, I do infinite percent.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 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.

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.

One thing that got me started on it was the jean jacket. It's an item that could make you believe you're in the 50s or punk-rock 70s or grunge 90s. I was really focused on timelessness, and I think music is very timeless.

Different cocktails for different Saturday nights.

My twenties were about exploring love and being a wildflower and trying to figure everything out. Now I'm not comfortable being that happy wildflower anymore, but I still don't feel like a woman. I wonder when that moment's going to hit.

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 just didn't understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

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

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.

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

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 don't think that I have any musical talent.

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.

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

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