Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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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I 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.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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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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