I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
BARBRA STREISANDI 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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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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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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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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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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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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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
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