Barbra Streisand

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.

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.