Barbra Streisand says she's not a diva - she's a director

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🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The season of the celebrity memoir is upon us. In just the past few months Britney Spears, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kerry Washington, and more have showered us with bombshells and revelations about their origin stories and private lives. Despite those heavy hitters and the crowded field they occupy, the celebrity memoir our host Brittany Luse coveted most is that of the singular Ms. Barbra Streisand.

Brittany sits down with Barbra to talk about her new memoir, My Name is Barbra, her struggle to take creative control of her work, and what legacy she wants to leave behind.

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0:17.0	Hey, I'm Brittany Loose, and you're listening to It's been a minute from NPR, a show where we talk about what's going on in our culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:32.0	And today, an interview I feel like I have been
0:35.9	preparing my whole life for. Ms. Barbara Streisand. Welcome to it. It's been a minute.
0:44.0	It is a pleasure to have you.
0:45.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:48.0	I cannot even front. I am a Barbara fan girl,
0:52.0	so I was beyond thrilled to sit down with her to talk about her new memoir called
0:57.3	My name is Barbara. Now, Miss Trisand is one of the original multi-hiphates. She really does it all and has every letter of
1:07.0	egot to prove it. And even though most people know her first and foremost for her
1:11.9	beautiful and singular voice.
1:17.0	Singing isn't really her passion.
1:22.0	I didn't start out to be a singer.
1:24.8	I just desperately wanted to be an actress and I couldn't get a job.
1:28.8	She parlayed her singing stardom into an acting career with iconic movies like Funny Girl and The Way We Were.
1:36.8	And then that turned into a desire to get behind the camera and direct for films like
1:41.8	Yantel and The Prince of Tides.
1:45.0	I love the mechanisms of making films.
1:49.0	What are the camera moves?
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