My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
BARBRA STREISANDBeing a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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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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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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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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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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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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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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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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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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