Author Profile
Barbra Streisand
1942 • American • Actress
61
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 61 quotesI 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.'— Barbra Streisand
I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.— Barbra Streisand
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.— Barbra Streisand
My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful.— Barbra Streisand
I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.— Barbra Streisand
I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.— Barbra Streisand
I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.— Barbra Streisand
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.— Barbra Streisand
I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.— Barbra Streisand
I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.— Barbra Streisand
Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.— Barbra Streisand
The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.— Barbra Streisand
How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.— Barbra Streisand