Top 250 Drew Barrymore Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

102. “I’ve got Flossie dog, and she is great. She and I are still in love, 14 years. That’s a relationship that works.”

— Drew Barrymore

103. “I’m very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.”

— Drew Barrymore

104. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

105. “Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.”

— Drew Barrymore

106. “The more you do speak from the heart, rather than thumping the agenda, people will listen or relate or open themselves up more.”

— Drew Barrymore

107. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

108. “It’s my crusade to help women feel good about themselves.”

— Drew Barrymore

109. “I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.”

— Drew Barrymore

110. “I love the very exposed, humorous, imperfect, never-trying to-pretend-to-be-perfect journey that I have been on in my life.”

— Drew Barrymore

111. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

112. “I like women who like each other and empower each other.”

— Drew Barrymore

113. “Different cocktails for different Saturday nights.”

— Drew Barrymore

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

— Drew Barrymore

115. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

116. “My limbs work, so I’m not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.”

— Drew Barrymore

117. “I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone’s personality. It’s a very lovely concept.”

— Drew Barrymore

118. “I’m glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.”

— Drew Barrymore

119. “I’ve never dated anybody older, actually. There are so many things I’m curious about, and I’d love to be able to say, “Teach me.” I want to learn from the people around me.”

— Drew Barrymore

120. “I live for makeup and I like wine. These are my truths!”

— Drew Barrymore

121. “I don’t like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that.”

— Drew Barrymore

122. “I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day.”

— Drew Barrymore

123. “The reason I started officially learning to cook was because when I first got pregnant, I had to face the sad fact that I didn’t even know how to boil an egg.”

— Drew Barrymore

124. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

125. “I’d rather be a few pounds heavier and enjoy life than be worried all the time.”

— Drew Barrymore

126. “I want people to be blown away when I do what they don’t expect.”

— Drew Barrymore

127. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

128. “I always get nervous before a kissing scene. I make sure I always brush my teeth and eat lots of fruit and nice foods rather than garlic. I’m terribly self conscious.”

— Drew Barrymore

129. “As a kid I got to like hang out with Stephen King. That was like the highlight of my life. Cause I think he’s the raddest human being ever.”

— Drew Barrymore

130. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

131. “I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is ‘How much more are you capable of?’”

— Drew Barrymore

132. “I’m a very research-, homework-oriented person.”

— Drew Barrymore

133. “There are a lot of us little gypsies out there that need to go and find another place you know. A safer, healthier or just a different venue in order to develop and find ourselves. I am so lucky to live the life that I do.”

— Drew Barrymore

134. “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

135. “I think happiness is what makes you pretty.”

— Drew Barrymore

136. “You know you’re putting a good thing out into the universe when you put on glitter.”

— Drew Barrymore

137. “I can cook about two things. I can boil hot water for the only pasta I can make.”

— Drew Barrymore

138. “I never act my characters – I am them.”

— Drew Barrymore

139. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

140. “I know that I won’t succeed at everything, every day. Some days have to be solely about my daughter. Some days I really try to be a good wife. Other days, I can take a few hours for myself and just do nothing but really focus on work.”

— Drew Barrymore

141. “Speaking of important things, there are so many battles right now that people are fighting for that it’s overwhelming, but I am always in favor of people who crusade for the sake of people’s hearts and their well-being. That is what is important.”

— Drew Barrymore

142. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

143. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

144. “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

145. “I always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn’t have it growing up.”

— Drew Barrymore

146. “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.”

— Drew Barrymore

147. “Once you’ve been in a mental institution, people are going to look at you funny.”

— Drew Barrymore

148. “I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a little bummed out when there is too much fancy stuff going on and it doesn’t resemble the original dish at all.”

— Drew Barrymore

149. “I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.”

— Drew Barrymore

150. “Young girls come up to me all the time to ask for advice. They see me as a survivor.”

— Drew Barrymore