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.
BARBRA STREISANDLife’s too short. Start with Dessert!
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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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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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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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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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 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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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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