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?
BARBRA STREISANDI’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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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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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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