Top 250 Drew Barrymore Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”

— Drew Barrymore

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2. “Life’s too short. We have to love each other.”

— Drew Barrymore

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3. “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

4. “Happiness is a choice. You have to choose it – and you have to fight for it.”

— Drew Barrymore

5. “If you don’t take risks, you’ll have a wasted soul.”

— Drew Barrymore

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

— Drew Barrymore

7. “Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing – but it works miracles.”

— Drew Barrymore

8. “I’m okay with the idea that slow and steady wins the race.”

— Drew Barrymore

9. “I think a breakup can be the beginning of a friendship. That’s not me trying to make everything OK – it’s me saying, “No, we love each other. Let’s not pretend we don’t.””

— Drew Barrymore

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10. “Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.”

— Drew Barrymore

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11. “I’ve always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it’s never too late to transform ourselves.”

— Drew Barrymore

12. “I don’t want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.”

— Drew Barrymore

13. “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.”

— Drew Barrymore

14. “I love being single. It’s great. I get to be who I am and do what I want and be with the people I love. I feel like I have everything and I’m very fortunate, and it’s very rich fulfilling time in my life.”

— Drew Barrymore

15. “The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.”

— Drew Barrymore

16. “I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it’s important to seek out that reason – that’s how we learn.”

— Drew Barrymore

17. “Trust that things will be okay – especially if you put in the time and effort to make them be okay.”

— Drew Barrymore

18. “There’s a big world out there. Bigger than prom, bigger than high school, and it won’t matter if you were the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.”

— Drew Barrymore

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

— Drew Barrymore

20. “You can never, never have too many books.”

— Drew Barrymore

21. “I’m not after fame and success and fortune and power. It’s mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that’s the good stuff in life.”

— Drew Barrymore

22. “I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.”

— Drew Barrymore

23. “Internet does not equal sodium pentothal.”

— Drew Barrymore

24. “I don’t know anybody’s road who’s been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don’t know what life has in store for you.”

— Drew Barrymore

25. “Don’t show your flaws.”

— Drew Barrymore

26. “I took the stairs and felt like my childhood took the elevator.”

— Drew Barrymore

27. “If I die before my cat, I want a little of my ashes put in his food so I can live inside him.”

— Drew Barrymore

28. “A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?”

— Drew Barrymore

29. “You have to fight unhappiness like a dragon with fire and breathe.”

— Drew Barrymore

30. “Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.”

— Drew Barrymore

31. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

32. “Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.”

— Drew Barrymore

33. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

34. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

35. “When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That’s when I feel beautiful.”

— Drew Barrymore

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

— Drew Barrymore

37. “To be really great and interesting, you have to be a little crazy. I just don’t think one comes without the other.”

— Drew Barrymore

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

— Drew Barrymore

39. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

40. “A lot of my business is about protecting creativity.”

— Drew Barrymore

41. “You can be a warrior and be full of grace and class.”

— Drew Barrymore

42. “A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side – which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.”

— Drew Barrymore

43. “A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.”

— Drew Barrymore

44. “I could never be cynical, not that I think there’s anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at times. But I just feel so grateful to be alive.”

— Drew Barrymore

45. “I love Tate Modern; there’s such great style and shopping here. I love the galleries and the pubs out on the street, just having your pint as the sun is setting.”

— Drew Barrymore

46. “My whole life, I’ve wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It’s the most liberating thing in the world.”

— Drew Barrymore

47. “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?”

— Drew Barrymore

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48. “Sometimes you come to a point where there’s nothing more you can do. You love and respect each other, but it’s not working. So you amicably decide to part. I don’t know what the future holds: a lot of people get back together after they break up.”

— Drew Barrymore

49. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

50. “I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance.”

— Drew Barrymore