A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
BARBRA STREISANDI 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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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 don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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 was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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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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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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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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.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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