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Barbra Streisand Main Page Discography: Albums, Singles, Songs, CDs, DVDs Filmography: Movies, Films, DVDs, Videos Trivia, Facts, Quotes Barbra Streisand Images, Pictures, Photos: Barbra Streisand Picture Gallery Next: The Velvet Underground Previous: Frank Sinatra	Quotations by Barbra Streisand: "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." "How could such a destructive man [George W. Bush] be so popular with the American people? Not only is he poisoning our air and water - he's poisoning our political system as well." "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." "And remember, this was a president [George W. Bush] who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people." "Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains." "Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?" "Bitches. It's a very male-chauvinist word. I resent it deeply. A person who's a bitch would seem to be mean for no reason. I'm not a mean person. Maybe I'm rude without being aware of it - that's possible." "I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven." "The audience is the barometer of the truth." "Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?" "I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven [Spielberg] saw Yentl, he said, 'I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can't. It's the best film I've seen since Citizen Kane.'" "A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously." "I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven." "We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities." "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." "We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress." "To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good." "New York critics - I hear when one of them watched A Star Is Born, he talked back to the screen." "I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth." "I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all." "I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening." "The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically." "I just don't like the idea of her [Diana Ross] singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand!" "I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something." "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." "I 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.'" "I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me." "It's like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he's supposed to change for the worse. It's silly." "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?" "Most awards, y'know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - didja know that? Terribly discouraging." "Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression." "The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability." "I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way." "I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven." "How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination." "I don't know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It's so unhealthy for the culture. It's so sick." "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." "Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?" "Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss." "I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong." "I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me." "They're called "angels" because they're in heaven until the reviews come out." Barbra Streisand Trivia: Singer/actress/director. Mother of actor Jason Gould. Ranked #31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll She was voted the 54th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Announced engagement to James Brolin. [May 1997] Attended Bais Yakov School in Brooklyn, New York as a child. Measurements: 36-25-36 (1960s measures), 34 1/2B-27 1/2-33 1/2 (filming The Main Event (1979)), 34B-25-36 (1995 stats). (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). Shoe size: 8AA Bra size: 34B Panties size: 6 (from donations to charity auctions) Sister of Roslyn Kind. Has an older brother Sheldon Streisand and younger half-sister Rosalyn (originally Rosalind) Kind. Mother-in-law of Diane Lane. Daughter of Diana Rosen and Emmanuel Streisand. Dated former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Mary Martin, Anne Bancroft and Carol Burnett all turned down the Broadway role of Fanny Brice before Barbra nabbed it. Singer Eydie Gormé was also considered but balked when they would not cast husband Steve Lawrence as Nicky Arnstein. Received a Special Tony Award in 1970. Previously, she was nominated twice for a Tony: in 1962 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," and in 1964 as Best Actress (Musical) for portraying Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl," a signature role she recreated in her Oscar-winning performance in the film version of the same name, Funny Girl (1968). Graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. 3 December 2003 - Her invasion-of-privacy suit over aerial photos taken of her Malibu home and shown on a web site dedicated to the California coastline was thrown out of court by a California judge. She claimed it would encourage stalkers. Spoke out against the nomination of former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft for Attorney General. [2001] Born at 5:08 AM EST Female artist with most albums sold in U.S. Third most top 40 albums (45) {#1: Frank Sinatra}. Fourth most top 10 albums (26) {#1: Frank Sinatra}. Fourth most number 1 albums (8) {#1: The Beatles}. Artist with longest career in the Billboard Top 20 (32 years, 7 months between "People" and "I Finally Found Someone"). Second most Gold album certifications (47) {#1: Elvis Presley}. Fifth top Billboard-charting artist {#1: Elvis Presley}. Only artist to achieve Billboard #1 albums in four decades, the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. Artist with Grammy nominations in the most categories -- 9. Only artist to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, CableACE and Peabody awards. Named the best selling female singer of the 20th Century. She has sold more than 68 million records, with 47 Gold, 28 Platinum and 13 Multi-Platinum. Only Oscar recipient for both acting and songwriting. Turned down the role of call girl Bree Daniels in Klute (1971), which won Jane Fonda an Oscar. Supported Al Gore's bid for the presidency. [2000] Is a staunch Democrat. Favorite colour is white. Loves Chinese food and coffee icecream. Hates performing live. Good friends with Shirley MacLaine and Donna Karan. Godmother of Caleigh Peters When she and Neil Diamond had a smash hit in 1978 with "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", it was not the first time that the Brooklyn-born superstars had sung together. While students at New York City's Erasmus High School, they both sang in the school choir. Both of her husbands, Elliott Gould and James Brolin, starred in Capricorn One (1978). She and Shirley MacLaine celebrate their joint birthday together every year. Stepmother of Josh Brolin. First woman since the silent era to direct, produce, write and star in a feature film; she also sings (Yentl (1983)). Was the first person ever to receive a Grammy, an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Tony. She won her first Grammy in 1963, her first Emmy in 1965, her first Oscar in 1968, and her one Tony in 1970. Her Tony was a non-competitive award for Star of the Decade, which is why most people attribute this first to others (such as Rita Moreno) who won all 4 awards in competitive categories.