I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
BARBRA STREISANDAnd remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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 just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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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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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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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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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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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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I need instant gratification.
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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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