I’m a work in progress.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m a work in progress.
BARBRA STREISANDI just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
BARBRA STREISANDThe audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
BARBRA STREISANDI wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
BARBRA STREISANDI’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.
BARBRA STREISANDNo one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
BARBRA STREISANDMarlon 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?
BARBRA STREISANDI just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
BARBRA STREISANDStay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
BARBRA STREISANDA man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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.
BARBRA STREISANDThere’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
BARBRA STREISANDMy mother never really thought I could become anything.
BARBRA STREISANDWhen I sing, people shut up.
BARBRA STREISANDDirecting 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 STREISAND