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(3.58) | 1 | She is a one-name legend, a global icon, the ultimate diva. Yet most of what we know about Barbra Joan Streisand is the stuff of caricature: the Brooklyn girl made good, the ugly duckling who blossomed into a modern-day Nefertiti, the political dilettante driving to the barricades in her Rolls-Royce, the Oscar-winning actress and bona fide movie mogul, the greatest female singer who ever lived, a skinflint, a philanthropist, a connoisseur and a barbarian, the woman whose physical characteristics are instantly identifiable around the planet-the tapered nails, those slightly crossed eyes, that nose, the voice. Even to the multitudes around the world who idolize her, Streisand remains aloof, unknowable, tantalizingly beyond reach. Until now. In the manner of his number-one New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, Christopher Andersen taps into important sources-eyewitnesses to Streisand's remarkable life and career-to paint a startling portrait of the artist...and the woman.Whether you love her, hate her, or are simply spellbound by her titanic talent, Barbra is one thing above all others: a true American original.… (more) |
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I always knew I'd be famous. I knew it. I wanted it.  | |
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She is a one-name legend, a global icon, the ultimate diva--one of the most beloved and detested, worshiped and feared, admired and reviled figures of the age.
"What?" Barbra Streisand blurted into the phone, her voice hovering somewhere
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All the years I've known Barbra, I've seen her happy, but always with a cloud. This time, it was clear blue sky. --Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning songwriter and friend Beneath that world-famous icon, there's a little girl. --Linda Thompson, friend I feel like a princess. I'm a bride for the first time, with a bouquet, the whole schmeer. --Barbra I had to go right to the top or nowhere at all. --Barbra It is only wind and noise. I open my mouth and the sound comes out. --Barbra Elliott Gould: The trouble with Barbra is that she can't let herself be happy.
Barbra: Happy? I'd be miserable if I were happy. I am not a singer. I am an actress who sings. --Barbra She carries her own spotlight. --Jule Styne, composer of Funny Girl Rumors about her abounded. She was temperamental, she was unpredictable, she was foul-mouthed, she was nuts. She was also on hulluva singer. --Mel Torme She was a real bully. As soon as she sensed fear in anyone she went for the throat. --Bob Mersey, producer of Barbra's People album Marriage to her is like a bath of lava. --Elliott Gould Her tantrums are torrential. --Michael Legrand, composer and friend I am not a person who needs people. --Barbra I think her biggest problem is that she wants to be a woman and she wants to be beautiful and she is neither. --Omar Sharif, Barbra's former lover and leading man in Funny Girl You know you are the only woman who has ever intimidated me. --Elvis Presley to Barbra in 1975 It's a very unkind, mean word, bitch. I resent it deeply...Maybe I'm rude without being aware of it--that's possible.--Barbra I've been accused of being ruthless. My problem is, I'm not ruthless enough. --Barbara I found Barbara very sexy--a terrific girl. But I think she used me. --Ryan O'Neal Barbra is like Maria Antoinette. It's the danger of believing you're larger than life. Nobody is larger than life. --Elliott Gould Her cruelty to co-workers, her director and writers is unforgivable. It's sad. --Actress, Estella Parsons I cry a lot...I get so wiped out sometimes that I think, it's not worth it. --Barbra Sing it, Bitch, sing it! --Barbra, alone watching herself on screen. I am scared to death of her. --Kris Kristofferson He was like Rasputin or Svengali with her. She ogled him, aahed over him. She was a woman in love. --Director, Jerry Schatzberg, on Barbre and Jon Peters Our life together is fiery, really fiery. --Jon Peters Working with Barbra is like having a picnic at the end of an airport runway. --Paul Williams, who wrote the lyrics for "Evergreen" I was a personality before I was a person. --Barbra She's an egomaniac. --Elton John I adore her. I have always adored her. --Prince Charles "It's Streisand, not Streizund!" Jeez how famous do you have to be? --Barbra, on the frequent mispronunciation of her name. I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress. --Barbra I know some people make fun of her nose, but she can smell a phony from a mile away. --Don Johnson If a man did the same things I did, he would be called thorough--while a woman is called a ballbreaker. --Barbra I never think what I do is good enough. --Barbra There's a lot of gruntin' and mumblin' going on, but it's not that many people who really sing anymore. --Quincy Jones, on Barbra's return to the concert stage We're from different worlds, but we collided. --Andre Agassi I can't blame anybody. Blame keeps you a victim, and I'm not a victim. --Barbra on once again being passed over for an Oscar nomination as Best Director, this time for THe Prince of Tdes I'm a shy person. I don't need to keep doing this. --Barbra She wants to be famous and anonymous simultaneously.--(Author) Chaim Potok I was thinking, Why aren't I finding a fabulous man to love me? Then boom--destiny. --Barbra I'm a feminist, Jewish, opinionated, liberal woman. I push a lot of buttons. --Barbra She has mellowed a lot, I think--except of course when it comes to politics. --Lanie Kazan, singer and actress and Barbra's understudy in Funny Girl Now I know what it's like to have a father. --Barbra on her marriage to James Brolin | |
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▾Book descriptions She is a one-name legend, a global icon, the ultimate diva. Yet most of what we know about Barbra Joan Streisand is the stuff of caricature: the Brooklyn girl made good, the ugly duckling who blossomed into a modern-day Nefertiti, the political dilettante driving to the barricades in her Rolls-Royce, the Oscar-winning actress and bona fide movie mogul, the greatest female singer who ever lived, a skinflint, a philanthropist, a connoisseur and a barbarian, the woman whose physical characteristics are instantly identifiable around the planet-the tapered nails, those slightly crossed eyes, that nose, the voice. Even to the multitudes around the world who idolize her, Streisand remains aloof, unknowable, tantalizingly beyond reach. Until now. In the manner of his number-one New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, Christopher Andersen taps into important sources-eyewitnesses to Streisand's remarkable life and career-to paint a startling portrait of the artist...and the woman.Whether you love her, hate her, or are simply spellbound by her titanic talent, Barbra is one thing above all others: a true American original. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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