Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
Barbra StreisandWhy is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
Barbra StreisandI started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
Barbra StreisandMy nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?
Barbra StreisandHow can we accept a situation in which there are no longer orchestras, choruses, libraries or art classes to nourish our children? We need more support for the arts, not less -- particularly to make this rich world available to young people whose vision is choked by a stark reality. How many children, who have no other outlet in their lives for their grief, have found solace in an instrument to play or a canvas to paint on? When you take into consideration the development of the human heart, soul and imagination, don't the arts take on just as much importance as math or science?
Barbra Streisand