Barbra Streisand Quotes

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.

Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I'm gay, then I think I'll be fine. I can handle it.

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

My biggest advice for girls - and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger - is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.

I am not too serious about anything. I believe you have to enjoy yourself to get the most out of your ability. I can take the criticism with the accolades. Neither affects me.

I don't care what people say about me.

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

Rejection happens, and you have to have a thick skin about it, which is hard. You can't be overly sensitive about people not picking you.

The world is going to keep bashing me for whatever I do, and I'm going to keep not caring.

You have to have confidence in where you're going. Don't live and die by the fans' tweets.

Criticism certainly doesn't affect my life, and whatever the pundits have called me, I'm sure they have been called a lot worse in their day.

You have to have a thick skin if you think what you are doing is right.

I think in the world of Internet trolls, people can shake your confidence really easily, with just one comment. As long as you can stand behind your work, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks!

Criticism doesn't worry me.

You know, I have a very thick skin.

I'm a confident woman with thick skin, and as a model in the public eye, I'm conditioned to accept criticism.

You have to be comfortable enough to take what people say about you and laugh.

I always stand behind the things that I do. I don't listen to those who downplay things nor do I pay attention to those who grovel at our feet and tell us that we're the greatest. For me, that is just noise.

I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist.

I'm a tough, tough person. I always have been tough to embarrass, too.

I'm not the sort of person to entertain doubts or dwell on negative comments from other people in any case.

I don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep.

You can't worry about what other people say, honestly.

I can take the mick out of myself so whatever anyone has got to say about me I still find it funny.