It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
BARBRA STREISANDI want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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I need instant gratification.
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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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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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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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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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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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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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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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