The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I’m a work in progress.
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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