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 StreisandI never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
Barbra StreisandIt always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
Barbra StreisandWhy does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
Barbra StreisandOur role as artist is more controversial now because there are those, claiming the absolute authority of religion, who detest much of our work as much as they detest most of our politics. Instead of rationally debating subjects like abortion or gay rights, they condemn as immoral those who favor choice and tolerance. They disown their own dark side and magnify everyone else's until, at the extreme, doctors are murdered in the name of protecting life. I wonder, who is this God they invoke, who is so petty and mean? Is God really against gun control and food stamps for poor children?
Barbra Streisand