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 More Quotes by Drew Barrymore More Quotes From Drew Barrymore I love jokes, but God, jokes can go so wrong. I have stayed up many nights thinking, "F**k. I can't believe I made that silly little joke. That was a disaster." Drew Barrymore silly night believe I'm such a workaholic. I'm always thinking about work. Drew Barrymore always-thinking workaholic thinking It's been such a struggle to learn all that I have; I wouldn't want to give any of that knowledge up. That's why I've always loved acting; as a kid, I didn't necessarily like my real life, so I could escape into these other characters and experience a life completely different from my own. Drew Barrymore real struggle character 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 kings kids thinking I try each day, each month, each year to become a better and better person and to be good to the people I love and let them know how much I appreciate them. Drew Barrymore appreciate people years I don't like working by a monitor. I stand right next to the camera, and I'm very performance-oriented. That really means everything to me, whether it's doing an improv of a joke or an emotional scene, and everything in between. Drew Barrymore cameras emotional mean I think a any person who has a high profile job or who travels all the time or who has a lot of stress associated with their job can be difficult to be in a relationship with. Drew Barrymore stress jobs thinking Just when you think you're hitting your stride someone will shout "cut" and ask you to move your head to the left. It's such an awkward process. You try to make it passionate but it ends up being mechanical. Drew Barrymore cutting moving thinking I like women who like each other and empower each other. Drew Barrymore empowering 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 matter long reality In general, people are true to their signs. Drew Barrymore people I love movies, I love being a part of them, and this is the one occupation I love living and playing in and stressing myself out over. Drew Barrymore stress love-is movie-love I think there's a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their relationships are. It kills girls inside when they think they're letting their mothers down. Drew Barrymore daughter girl mother I can't get caught up in darkness. I just don't. I always want to gravitate towards light. I love picking yourself up or surviving or being grateful for the good stuff and not getting lost in the tough stuff. The discipline is so natural for me. Drew Barrymore discipline grateful darkness 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 rocks believe thinking When you have a big life change, it takes a long time to get used to either the new format or the understanding that you need to create a new dream. Or if things didn't work out, mourning the death of that dream. It's hard, because that's a very private journey. Drew Barrymore life-changing journey dream Happiness takes work. It doesn't always fall off trees or come easily. You really have to be someone that doesn't fall prey to being sad. I don't want sad, I can't be sad, I don't want to be about sad; I avoid sad. It inherently envelops you, so do everything that you can to escape it all the time. Drew Barrymore being-sad tree fall Instead of being insecure and jealous and suspicious and wonder if every guy is going to cheat on me, I decided to say, "Nope. This will be totally enough for somebody one day." That was a real script flip and it changed the rest of my life in such a positive way. So I feel like I want to teach stuff like that to my girls. Drew Barrymore jealous girl real I don't have a long, drawn-out Joan Crawford beauty routine. I'm not like, "Yes, I wake up and first I put ice on my face." I do it in a taxi on my way to a meeting. Traveling is my makeup routine. I do it in a car ride, and I'm that asshole on the road who's doing her mascara in the mirror. Drew Barrymore makeup car long We're all going through so much hard, wonderful, amazing . . . it's blessings; it's lessons; it's hardship; it's life. I guess, I don't know what the definition of life is. I now know the meaning of my life, because of my daughters, but mine is one little tiny speck in the universe. It's nice to not be pretending everything is perfect all the time, because it isn't, but I do love happiness and joy and optimism. Drew Barrymore daughter nice blessing
