Barbra Streisand receives The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award on July 01, 2023.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty
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Barbra Streisanddoesn’t let age determine how she dresses.
The 81-year-old multi-hyphenate shared in a recent interview withThe New York Timesthat she believes “people should express themselves and wear whatever they feel on any given day.”
Streisand said self-expression has “nothing to do with age” and revealed that she was afraid to show her sensual side early in her career. “I was too afraid to be seen that way at that time. Now I’m too old to care,” she explained.
“It was the only way to have some control over my life,“she said. “This is my legacy. I wrote my story. I don’t have to do any more interviews after this.” In a recent conversation with PEOPLE, she spoke further about her interest inwanting to “set the record straight” about her personal life.
The EGOT winner will add another title to her name in February when she ishonored with the SAG Life Achievement Awardat the 30thSAG Awards.
Barbra Streisand in concert.Tony Korody/Sygma/Sygma/Getty
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“Ever since I was a young girl sitting in the Loew’s Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, I dreamed of being one of those actresses I saw on the screen. The movies were a portal to a world I could only imagine. Even though I was an unlikely candidate, somehow my dream came true. This award is especially meaningful to me because it comes from my fellow actors, whom I so admire,” Streisand said in a statement.
According to apress release, the award is “given annually to an actor who fosters the finest ideals of the acting profession.”
source: people.com
