I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
Barbra StreisandRead
I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
Interpretation
This quote reflects Barbra Streisand's early dedication to acting and her aspirations in the field of classical theater.
Barbra Streisand emphasizes her early passion for acting, showcasing how she began her journey at a young age with formal training and a strong desire to excel in classical theater. This dedication at such an early age highlights the importance of pursuing one's dreams and the commitment necessary to achieve artistic excellence.
In practice
A motivational speech at a drama school graduation ceremony.
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.
I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.
In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
Woolf wanted to say dangerous things in Orlando but she did not want to say them in the missionary position.
The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.
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