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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.

Drew Barrymore

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Drew Barrymore
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
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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.
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I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way.
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If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.
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My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.
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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.
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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
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Don't show your flaws.
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I feel like some of my baby fat is going away, and that’s not just physically, it’s psychologically. I think that your body is in tune with your mind and your spirituality and your heart. If things are going better, I just think you look better.
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I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think chemistry is finding something you love about a person and then transfering it to an in love kind of thing.
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I've always wanted to work with Hugh [Grant] because I loved his movies.
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My whole life, I've wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It's the most liberating thing in the world.
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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.
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I would love to be a travel writer. I'd be so stoked.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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