Barbra Streisand.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
Barbra Streisandis getting candid about life in the limelight.
“I want to live life," Streisand told the outlet. “I want to get in my husband’s truck and just wander, hopefully with the children somewhere near us.”
“Life is fun for me when they come over. They love playing with the dogs and we have fun,” she continued. “I haven’t had much fun in my life, to tell you the truth. And I want to have more fun.”
Barbra Streisand.Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic
Streisand shares son Jason Gould, 56, with her actor ex-husband Elliot Gould. She is married toJames Brolinand stepmom to his three children,Josh, 55, Jess, 51, and Molly, 36, and grandmother to Josh’s four kids:Trevor, 35,Eden, 29,Westlyn, 5, andChapel, 2.
The legendary artist admitted that she is “a very private person” who “doesn’t enjoy stardom” as she reflected on finding fame early in the 1960s and the ridicule over her appearance she faced at the time.
Despite not liking fame very much, Streisand said that she knew from a young age that she wanted to be a performer.
The actress and singer met many hardships as a young performer.Silver Screen Collection/Getty
Silver Screen Collection/Getty
Streisand was met, however, with indifference from her mom and stepfather over her dreams and interests in general.
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Streisand releases her new memoir on Tuesday.Kevin Mazur/Getty
The singer eventually left home at 16 years old and landed a job as a theater usher, hoping to be one step closer to pursuing her dreams of being on Broadway.
“I got paid $4.50, I think it was, but I always hid my face because I thought someday I’d be well-known,” she said. “Isn’t that funny? I didn’t want people to recognize me on the screen and know that I once showed them to their seats.”
Streisand broke into the industry after winning a talent show in a Manhattan bar. She then booked shows all around the city before landing her first major role inFunny Girl,opposite Sydney Chaplin.
Streisand in “Funny Girl”.Silver Screen Collection / Moviepix / Getty Images
The star said she couldn’t fully enjoy the experience however due to Chaplin’s treatment of her.
“I don’t like to even talk about it,” Streisand told theBBC. “It’s just a person who had a crush on me —which was unusual — and when I said to him, ‘I don’t want to be involved with you,’ he turned on me in such a way that was very cruel.”
“It threw me. Sometimes I thought, ‘What the hell is the next word?’ I felt so flustered,” she added.
Streisand added in her interview why she decided to share her story in her memoir.
“It was the only way to have some control over my life,” saidthe EGOT winner. “This is my legacy. I wrote my story. I don’t have to do any more interviews after this.”
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source: people.com
