Barbra Streisand’s life was filled with hard work (she won ten Grammys) and interesting relationships (she dated Don Johnson and Clint Eastwood, among others), but something was missing.
The superstar author, who spilled the tea on some of her famous exes in her upcoming memoir My Name Is Barbra, said she didn’t have much fun.
“I haven’t had much fun in my life, to be honest. And I want to have more fun,” she told the BBC in an interview about her tell-all book, which comes out on Tuesday.
The icon added that she hopes to have more fun with her longtime husband James Brolin.
The 81-year-old singer and the 83-year-old actor were married in 1998.
Missing: Barbra Streisand’s life was one of hard work and incredible success, but something was missing. “I haven’t had a lot of fun in my life … And I want to have more fun,” she told the BBC in an interview about her memoir “My Name is Barbra.” Taken in Los Angeles in June 2018
Memoir: Streisand’s memoir, “My Name is Barbra,” comes out Tuesday
81-year-old EGOT started her life in Brooklyn, New York.
Her father, Emmanuel, died of a cerebral hemorrhage when she was 15 months old, leaving her and her widowed mother in poverty.
Young Barbra had a hot water bottle that she turned into a doll and hugged at night until she fell asleep.
Her mother Diana would marry again, but the future star did not have a good relationship with her stepfather.
“I don’t remember him ever talking to me or asking me any questions… How am I doing?” how is the school Everything,” she told the outlet.
The Grammy winner left home at the age of 16 with a purpose.
“I need to get famous so someone else can make my bed,” she said.
In the book, the writer, director and star of Yentl reveals that she took her first step to fame when she participated in a talent show at a gay bar in Manhattan.
The prize was $50 and a meal.
She delighted the audience with a selection of Broadway songs, beginning with A Sleepin’ Bee. When she finished her performance, the audience was silent and then burst into thunderous applause.
Talent show: A talent show in Manhattan would put Streisand on the road to stardom, leading her to play Broadway legend Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” (pictured in 1968’s “Funny Girl”), which won a Tony nominated and awarded. an Oscar.
Harsh critics: Despite her prodigious talent, critics heaped heavy on her performance in reviews that would be considered bullying today (pictured in 1968’s “Funny Girl”)
“Looks: ‘A lovely anteater?’ For example, when I was 19, one of my first reviews described me as a professional actress,” she wrote. “The next year I was also called… ‘sour persimmon’, ‘angry hamster’, ‘myopic gazelle’ and ‘seasick ferret’.” Yes, did I really look that strange?’ (Taken in London in 1969)
Hurt: “I wish I could say none of this affected me, but it did. “Even after all these years, the insults are still a little painful to me and I can hardly believe the praise,” she said in her memoirs (pictured in “The Owl and the Kitten”).
The girlfriend of a comedian named Tiger Haynes prophetically told her after the performance, “Girl, I see dollar signs everywhere.”
The rising star soon began singing in clubs in the town of Greenwich, which were attended by celebrities and entertainment executives.
Her performances caught the attention of playwright and director Arthur Laurents, who cast her for a small comedic role in “I Can Get It For Your Wholesale.”
At the premiere, the actress received a standing ovation for the first time, which reportedly lasted five minutes after she sang her song.
She received a Tony nomination for this role, which paved the way for her starring role in Funny Girl.
The now veteran actress received another Tony nomination for her portrayal of real-life Broadway legend Fanny Brice. She would win an Oscar for her role as Brice in the 1968 film.
EGOT: Over the course of her extraordinary career, 81-year-old Streisand has won multiple Grammys, an Emmy, an Oscar and a Tony
Despite her prodigious talent, critics placed great emphasis on her appearance in reviews, which today would be considered bullying.
In an excerpt from the audiobook on YouTube, the author reads out the cruel things that were written about her at the time.
“A lovely anteater? For example, at the age of 19, one of my first reviews described me as a professional actress,” she wrote.
“The next year I was also called, let’s see, ‘a sour persimmon, an angry hamster, a myopic gazelle and a seasick ferret.'” Yes, did I really look that weird?
The actress described the difference in public opinion after starting her lead role in “Funny Girl”.
“My face was exactly the same but now I’ve been compared to ‘an ancient oracle, Nefertiti and a Babylonian queen’, I love those descriptions,” she joked.
“Apparently I also had a ‘pharaonic profile and scarab eyes’.”
“I think it was a compliment, although I have to admit that one of those eyes was a bit squinty at times and it looked like the pharaoh had a lot of bells and whistles,” she joked.
“I wish I could say none of this affected me, but it did. Even after all these years, the insults still hurt me a little and I can hardly believe the praise,” she said.
If the best revenge is a good life, then the Oscar winner has achieved that goal.
She has been married for 25 years to fellow actor James Brolin, 83, whom she met while appearing at a dinner party.
“Everybody could see it right away,” Brolins manager Jeff Wald told McCalls in 1998.
“They didn’t look up, they didn’t talk to anyone else, I don’t even think they ate.” And in the end they left together.
Happiness: The superstar has found lasting happiness with her husband of 25 years, James Brolin, 83, who she met through friends on a date (pictured in Washington, DC in February 1998)
Wander: “I want to live,” she said. “I want to get in my husband’s truck and just wander around, hopefully with the kids somewhere near us,” she claimed. “Life is fun for me when they get there. “They like to play with the dogs and we have fun” (pictured in Los Angeles in August 2016)
Because of the attention that followed the People singer wherever she went, the couple drove on dates in Brolin’s truck, often driving about an hour to San Bernardino County, California, with MD actor Marcus Welby in tow the steering and Streisand who made sandwiches in her. round.
“Barbra has never done anything like this. “She’s never really seen this side of America,” he told the magazine.
Now the family is the focus for the loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Streisand shares her son Jason (56) with her ex-husband Elliott Gould and is stepmother to Brolin’s children Josh (55), Jess (52) and Molly (35).
Together they are grandparents of Josh’s four children: Trevor (35), Eden (29), Westlyn (5) and Chapel (2).
“I want to live,” she said. “I want to get in my husband’s truck and just wander around, hopefully with the kids somewhere near us.”
“Life is fun for me when they get there. They enjoy playing with the dogs and we have fun.”
In her book, Streisand says she met Brolin “at a point in my life when I had basically given up on finding someone.” And honestly, I was okay with being alone.”
“I had my son, I had good friends to keep me company, my work was fulfilling and I loved my new home in Malibu overlooking the ocean,” she said, adding, “Maybe you should be happy be with yourself before you can be.” Happy. happy with someone else.’
Source: Daily Mail
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