Drew Barrymore Quotes

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one.

My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing.

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.

I felt that my decisions, whether good or bad, would always be supported by my parents, because I was loved and respected.

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.

My dad was a presence, of course, but he worked nights a lot, and I would only see him one day a week.

When you're in a single-parent home, they try to give you a good foundation, but by the time you're 4 or 5 years old, from that point on you're pretty much on your own.

My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

My father had to play the role of mother and father.

My dad was in my life, and he was actually a very positive influence on me in my life. He was always there. He was a great dad. But my parents divorced when I was 5, so I grew up in a single-parent home.

I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very conservative. But they made me feel safe, and even though they were mortified at what I was doing, they encouraged it. I think because they thought, what else could I do?

I remember my mom being very scared the first few auditions. My parents are very supportive, but they're also very realistic, which is great.

Growing up, my dad and my mom were there for my sister and I.

I know a lot of people don't have their parents in their life - their mother, their father - but I've got the best two you could ask for, I swear.

I think a father is important for everyone. If you don't have, then maybe not so much. In the world today, it's possible that you grow up with only one parent in the family.