I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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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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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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