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.
BARBRA STREISANDI’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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 am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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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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My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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