46 Quotes & Sayings By Drew Barrymore

In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths. Drew Barrymore

When they [breasts] are huge, you become very self-conscious... I've learned something though, through my years of pondering and pontificating, and that is: men love them, and I love that. Drew Barrymore

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

I once took a poo in the woods while hunched over like an animal. It was AWESOME. Drew Barrymore

You can be a warrior and be full of grace and class. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

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

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. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning. Drew Barrymore

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'. Drew Barrymore

My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I'm probably more conservative because of it. Drew Barrymore

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

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. Drew Barrymore

I don't really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there. Drew Barrymore

I love romance. I'm a sucker for it. I love it so much. It's pathetic. Drew Barrymore

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

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

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

I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell as a kid made me sensitive to what others in this world go through, too. Drew Barrymore

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.' Drew Barrymore

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 'cause I'm too content being by myself. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

I would love to be a travel writer. I'd be so stoked. Drew Barrymore

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life. Drew Barrymore

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. Drew Barrymore

Whether you're throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don't trust women who don't go to their girlfriends. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

I grew up in a makeup chair. And to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It's about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys, ' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore

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. Drew Barrymore