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.
BARBRA STREISANDI 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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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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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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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’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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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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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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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’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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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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