There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
BARBRA STREISANDI’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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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’m a work in progress.
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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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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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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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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 need instant gratification.
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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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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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