I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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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’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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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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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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