I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
BARBRA STREISANDSometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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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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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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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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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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