Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
BARBRA STREISANDMy nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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 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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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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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 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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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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