Drew Barrymore quotes: driggity Drew sounds off on success and life.
“Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”
“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.”
“Happiness is a choice. You have to choose it – and you have to fight for it.”
“I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.”
“Trust that things will be okay – especially if you put in the time and effort to make them be okay.”
“You’ve just got to do the best that you can.”
“I believe you can be the person that you dream of being.”
“But it’s all about confidence and allowing yourself to put your personality into it.”
“It’s only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.”
“If you’re going to go through hell… I suggest you come back learning something.”
“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.”
“There’s something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.”
“If you don’t take risks, you’ll have a wasted soul.”
“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.”
“To be really great and interesting, you have to be a little crazy. I just don’t think one comes without the other.”
“When things are perfect, that’s when you need to worry most.”
“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?”
“Getting out of your comfort zone, creating an adventure… is really good.”
“We’ve got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it’s love that gives you the strength. It’s being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laughing harder than anything, hopefully every single day of your life.”
“I just think everything is a learning experience and every moment that you have that actually feels good inside of your heart is an absolute blessing and a gift.”
“I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it’s important to seek out that reason – that’s how we learn.”
“Beauty is so within. I don’t care if you’re the most attractive person on the planet. If you’re not good inside, it will show. You fall in love with people from the inside out.”
“I’ve always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it’s never too late to transform ourselves.”
“You can never, never have too many books.”
“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.”
“I am who I am because of the people who influenced me growing up, and many of them were gay. No one has any right to tell anyone what makes a family.”
“You can’t live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn’t do for you. You’re dealt the cards that you’re dealt. I realized it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.”
“It’s never too late. Don’t focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have.”
“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.”
“The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.”
“I think happiness is a choice. I believe luck is your attitude. It sounds like a really annoying bumper sticker. But there is such a great truth in that. You choose how you want to feel about what happens to you. I could have been a miserable failure. I haven’t had anybody looking over me, and I’ve found my own way through optimistic exploration and fire-burning mistakes. I am a very happy person with an extraordinary life, so I must be doing a lot of things right. I really believe when you peel away the layers, the world’s a beautiful place filled with beautiful people.”
“You have to fight unhappiness like a dragon with fire… and breathe.”
“I never want to get to the point where it’s all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.”
“I don’t want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.”
“There’s a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there’s no person I’m going to push to the side to get where I’m going. I want to create my own road.”
“My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else’s. That’s my journey.”
“I’m okay with the idea that slow and steady wins the race.”
“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.”
“I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is: ‘How much more are you capable of?'”
“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.”
“I’m not insecure. I’ve been through way too much f*cking sh*t to be insecure. I’ve got huge balls. But I’ve been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.”
“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.”
“I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.”
“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.”
