Anxiety Quote by Scott Stossel

You want to know why Barbra Streisand is so difficult? Because she's brilliant. She's a brilliant entertainer, she's a brilliant lady, and she's a…

— Jerry Lewis

I will never be Barbra Streisand, but I have done an awful lot more than what I was sent out to be.

— Barbi Benton

I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand.

— Zoe Ball

Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that…

— Marvin Hamlisch

She [Barbra Streisand] was just - we can't know what we mean to each other. You know, artists, you can't know - you can't…

— Meryl Streep

Barbra Streisand did us all a great service when she didn't get her nose fixed.

— Conchata Ferrell

Meryl Streep spoke about roles drying up. If that happened to her, can you imagine our plight? This is the reality of women performers…

— Tisca Chopra

Performing would cause me a lot of anxiety. I really didn't want to talk about my private life onstage.

— Eva Victor

When people performing on the public's behalf feel intimidated, it's a sorry affair.

— Michael Frome

Carly Simon abandoned the stage for seven years after collapsing from nerves before a concert in Pittsburgh in 1981. When she resumed performing, she…

— Scott Stossel

For the best part of 40 years she had genuinely believed that not doing things would somehow prevent regret, when, of course, the exact…

— Nick Hornby

In my mid-twenties, I said to myself: 'I can't perform anymore!' I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't perform for a…

— Spencer Kayden