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.
BARBRA STREISANDIt’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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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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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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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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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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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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I never sing in the shower either.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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