I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
BARBRA STREISANDI love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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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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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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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.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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