The audience is the barometer of the truth.
BARBRA STREISANDOh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I 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)
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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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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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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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.
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