Quotes by Drew Barrymore

Im a real stay-at-home mom. Im really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

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

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 were excited that somebody is turning us on to new music or a new lifestyle.

I dont mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing Riding in Cars With Boys, I wouldnt smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. Im the opposite. Inside my head Id be like, God, Ill explain to you at the end of shooting that Im not this person.

I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. Im actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they, in turn, were my life lessons.

My therapist says I still havent got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day Im going to explode. But Im still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that Im on now.

Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, Youre not a father. I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable.

“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 think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.”