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. ”

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong? ”

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious. ”

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world. ”

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young. ”

My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful. ”

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that. ”

I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about. ”

I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me. ”

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all. ”