My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young. – Barbra Streisand
There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary. – Barbra Streisand
I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt. – Barbra Streisand
When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father. – Barbra Streisand
How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination. – Barbra Streisand
I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all. – Barbra Streisand
My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand. – Barbra Streisand
I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday. – Barbra Streisand
Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. – Barbra Streisand
I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me. – Barbra Streisand