There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
BARBRA STREISANDIn 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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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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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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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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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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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