Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
BARBRA STREISANDMen are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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?
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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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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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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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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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.’
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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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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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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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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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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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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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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