# Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand on 24 April 1942) is an American singer, actress, director and songwriter.

## Quotes

* 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.
** Playboy interview (1977), as quoted in No Glass Slipper : Surviving and Conquering Painful Life Experiences (2006), p. 32
* 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.
** Playboy interview (1977), as quoted in The Hollywood Book of Extravagance (2007), p. 53
* Secretary Madeleine Albright was a good friend of mine for the last 28 years. I am so sad about losing a good friend and a great woman in this fragile world of ours. May you rest in peace dear one...
** Celebrities & Politicians Mourn Madeleine Albright Following Her Death (March 23, 2022)
* The world needs more people like Madeleine, whose instinct was to connect with others and build on what we share, rather than destroy lives and cities, like what’s happening in Ukraine today. Madeleine became very close to Colin Powell, her successor as secretary of state, who died last October
    Who knows? Maybe they’ll solve the world’s problems together, up in heaven.
   * BARBRA STREISAND, UNPROMPTED: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT AND COLIN POWELL ARE IN HEAVEN (3.25.2022)
* “Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.”
* I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

## Quotes about

* While I was waiting for them I made a few more phone calls, one to Barbra Streisand, whom I haven't seen since my election. I met her in a restaurant during the campaign when she came up to me and said she had a young son and wanted to do something for peace. She gave a fund-raising event for me in her new house in Manhattan, did a show and radio spots for me, and even came out on the streets and campaigned with me. “Ya betta win,” she used to say. She was great, and I really feel indebted to her.
** Bella Abzug Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)
* In the heyday of Barbra Streisand, it's hard to remember that every Jewish teenage girl of my generation whose nose "looked Jewish" longed for another chance.
** Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, "Some Notes on Jewish Lesbian Identity" (Summer 1980-Winter 1981), in Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology
* Why the fuck don't you shut up and just sing?
** Jeremy Lubbock, circa 1985, a few minutes into his first-ever encounter with an exceedingly talkative Streisand, in preparation for The Broadway Album; as quoted in "Jeremy Lubbock: Composer and arranger for stars such as Michael Jackson who had the audacity to tell Barbra Streisand to 'shut up and just sing'," The Times (February 17, 2021), p. 37

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Barbra Streisand on Wikipedia
* Media related to Barbra Streisand on Wikimedia Commons