It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
BARBRA STREISANDMoviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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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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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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