Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
BARBRA STREISANDYou know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
-
-
Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
BARBRA STREISAND -
He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
BARBRA STREISAND -
Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
BARBRA STREISAND -
There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
BARBRA STREISAND -
The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
BARBRA STREISAND -
I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
BARBRA STREISAND -
I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
BARBRA STREISAND -
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.
BARBRA STREISAND -
Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
BARBRA STREISAND -
What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
BARBRA STREISAND -
I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
BARBRA STREISAND -
Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
BARBRA STREISAND -
I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
BARBRA STREISAND -
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
BARBRA STREISAND -
I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
BARBRA STREISAND