“How can we accept a situation in which there are no longer orchestras, choruses, libraries or art classes to nourish our children? We need more support for the arts, not less -- particularly to make this rich world available to young people whose vision is choked by a stark reality. How many children, who have no other outlet in their lives for their grief, have found solace in an instrument to play or a canvas to paint on? When you take into consideration the development of the human heart, soul and imagination, don't the arts take on just as much importance as math or science?” PeopleWorldNeedsHumansHeartChildrenArtSoulPlayRealityYoungFoundImaginationGriefSituationAcceptingVisionClassSupportRichDevelopmentImportanceOur ChildrenInstrumentsPaintLibraryAvailableMathConsiderationCanvasHuman HeartOrchestraOutletsSolaceStarksChorusArt ClassStark Reality Author:Barbra Streisand
“What reaches an audience is honesty. If you're saying something truthful that's supposed to be a funny line, it's going to be funny. And if it's supposed to be a serious line, it's going to be serious. But, I don't think there's a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it's based in the truth.” IfsThinkingPlayLinesAudienceComedyHonestySeriousDramaSupposed To BeDistinctionTruthful Author: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.” ThinkingLooksPlayBeautifulGirlOne ThingGorgeousFunny Girl Author:Barbra Streisand
“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.'” WritingSaidPlayWishBehindsFrontsCriticsReviewsBad Reviews Author:Barbra Streisand
“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?” ThinkingTwoDoneEnoughPlayLastsActorsLifetimeIdolsFinestBrando Author:Barbra Streisand
“You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShouldHeartTwoEndsPlayFeelingsFormSawsGayNormalMarriedShould HavePerformancesSacredUnionsDareGenderRealizationGay Marriage Author:Barbra Streisand
