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 STREISANDIt’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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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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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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I’m a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can’t lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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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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