I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
BARBRA STREISANDI prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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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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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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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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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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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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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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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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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