I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
BARBRA STREISANDI go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
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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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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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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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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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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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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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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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