black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

Barbra Streisand

I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
BARBRA STREISAND

Care Lunch Nice
I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
BARBRA STREISAND

Limit My Own Want
I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
BARBRA STREISAND

Acting Actresses Class
I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
BARBRA STREISAND

Different People Weird
progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
BARBRA STREISAND

Definitions Inevitable Progress
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Impossible Men Right
Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
BARBRA STREISAND

Courage Fear Frightened
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?
BARBRA STREISAND

Gay Mother Son
Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
BARBRA STREISAND

People Stars Talent
Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
BARBRA STREISAND

Doing Right Fame
I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
BARBRA STREISAND

History Hollywood Name
The artist as citizen is here to stay.
BARBRA STREISAND

Artist Citizen Stay
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
BARBRA STREISAND

Creeps Saws Wanted
I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
BARBRA STREISAND

Myself Talking Work
I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
BARBRA STREISAND

Air Brooklyn Hot Raise
I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
BARBRA STREISAND

Chinese Restaurant Work

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Barbra Streisand Quotes