When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
BARBRA STREISANDI always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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 knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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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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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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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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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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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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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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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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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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