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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.

Barbra Streisand

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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Singing Thinking Way
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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Done Feelings Grown Son
You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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Mind Negative Remember
I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Creative Process Stardom Weird Work
Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Father Honor School
When I sing, people shut up.
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Explanation People Shut Up
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
I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Essential Essentially Music
If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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Holiday Listen Music Records
Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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People Stars Talent
I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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Everything Know Learn Sure Want
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
I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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Actresses Began Hope Jobs
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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Play Wish Writing
Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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Doing Right Fame
I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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Culture Needs Sick
A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Humanity Interesting Trust Yourself
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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Mean Thank You Thanksgiving
I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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Country Frightening People Person
Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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Feuds Stars Winning
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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Silly Successful Tradition
Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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Unexpected Unexpected Places
I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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Ridiculous Stars Stupid
When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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Parent School Son
Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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Friendship Loss Lost People
Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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Idols Play Thinking
I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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Beautiful Selfish Simple

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