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.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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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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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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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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