I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
BARBRA STREISANDYou know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I’m a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can’t lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I need instant gratification.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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