Barbra Streisand Quotes

I've always tried to be the same person I was before I won Wimbledon, but it has been very difficult.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one.

There's so much craziness that comes along with being a movie star that you can get so confused. Unless you've spent your whole life waiting to be the centre of attention, it's pretty terrifying.

Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs. You are judged all the time. Great things are written about you, but at the same time, not-so-good things are also said. At times, things are said about you that are completely untrue, and people mostly try to pull you down.

I enjoy the work; I just don't like the glamour side of it. I find that very difficult to handle.

'In the Making' reveals the truth about 'being in the limelight' as a young celebrity.

With regards to the fame, I wanted it, I worked for it, and when you get it, it's something you want to turn on and off, but that's part of the game.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.

I like young actors because they're so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me.

Famous-ness is awesomeness... but some parts of famous-ness can be hard.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

I think that in Hollywood, it's hard because so many people do turn out crazy. I don't need to go out every night to get attention. I'm happy with the amount that I have.

No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.

I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me.

Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.

Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. That sort of blazing stardom must be difficult to cope with and maintain; my career has just bubbled along happily.

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

I don't wanna be a rock star. I don't believe in rock stars. If you really examine what goes with being a rock star, I've avoided that really well.