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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.

Barbra Streisand

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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Father Girl Good Kid Neighbourhood Stood
Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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Friendship Loss Lost People
Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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Art Challenges Thinking
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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Brooklyn Echoes Great Sound
My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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Actresses Mother Should
To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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Believe Mean Strength
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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Artist Speaking Up Voice
Directing 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.
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Felt Interesting Knows
Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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Design Furniture Special
I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Actress Get Singer Work
I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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Blue School Years
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Light Name Young
The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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Choices Health Winning
I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn Girl Thinking
I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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History Hollywood Name
I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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Acting My Own School
Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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Coffee Cream Littles Real
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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People Song Writing
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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Creative Stars Thinking
I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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Care Name Spells
I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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Fun Lines Orchestra
I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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Mines Mouths Stars
Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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Everyone Fascinate Love Mother Thinking
I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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Chinese Restaurant Work
Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Performing Process
Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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Brave Late Subjects
I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Articles Malicious Slander Tired

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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