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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.

Barbra Streisand

It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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Appreciate Done Years
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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Creeps Saws Wanted
Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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Doing Right Fame
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 worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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Chinese Restaurant Work
Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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Art Generation Signature
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
Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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Envy God Pain
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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Avocados Smell Taste
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
Art transcends politics this weekend.
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Art Politics Transcend Weekend
New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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Born Country Stars
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Light Name Young
Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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Being Believe Unique Yourself
A 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.
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Celebrate Law Men School
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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Drama Honesty Thinking

A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.

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