Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
BARBRA STREISANDLove comes from the most unexpected places.
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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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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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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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 hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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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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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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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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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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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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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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