I was a personality before I became a person.
BARBRA STREISANDA large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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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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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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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 don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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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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. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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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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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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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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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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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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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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