THE Barbra Streisand decided to put end of her career and to leave showbiz, because simply she wants to – finally – live her lifeas she explains herself and says that the autobiography which is released today, Tuesday 7/11, marks that end.
Despite the glitz and glamor of fame and winning 10 Grammys, the 81-year-old star admitted that she hadn’t had “a lot of fun” in her life and wants to do more things about it.
In an interview with the BBC she said:I want to live my life. I want to get in my husband’s truck and drive around, hopefully with the kids somewhere near us.
Life is fun when they come. They love to play with the dogs and we enjoy itStreisand said of her children.
“I haven’t had much fun in my life, to tell you the truth. And I want to have more fun“, he confessed.
In her new memoir, Streisand opened up about some of her famous exes, but admitted that if it were up to her, she would have left them out of the book.
Speaking to Gail Ging on CBS Sunday Morning, she revealed that she was told she had to write about her A-list lovers if she wanted to sell more copies of her book. “Listen, I didn’t want to write about any of them!” she said emphatically after King listed her former lovers.
The star also revealed why she never had a nose job – despite harsh comments about her appearance early in her career.
The iconic actress also talked about her appearance and the characteristic nose her. Although she has been likened to “a lovable anteater and a crazy hamster” she said she feared a nose job would damage her famous voice.
“I thought, isn’t my talent enough? A nose job would be painful and expensive. Besides, how could I trust someone to do exactly what I wanted and no more?“, explained.
The star said that “she always liked it” the small lump on her nose and mentioned that the surgery “it was too big a risk. And who knew what it could do to my voice? A doctor once told me I had a deviated septum… maybe that’s why I sound like that».
“Besides, I liked the long noses… Italian actress Silvana Mangano had one and everyone seemed to think she was beautiful“, he added.
The star recalled the offending Time cover in 1964, in which, among other things, she was called a “hound” – saying that “she is still hurt by the insults».
“I guess when you become famous, you become public property. You are an object to be examined, photographed, analyzed… and half the time I don’t recognize the person they are portraying. I’ve never gotten used to it and try to avoid reading anything about myself».
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