Barbra Streisand Quotes

Life's too short. Start with Dessert!

I still like my antique clothes.

I need instant gratification.

I can't stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I'm Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.

Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

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.

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.

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

I was a personality before I became a person.

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.

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.