The Paley Center for Media said Hello, Gorgeous to their latest Icon: the legendary Barbra Streisand.
Was this how its going to be?
Streisand said she wondered.
Credit: Brian To for the Paley Center
Then, she added, I adored her.
She was so wonderful to me.
That was interesting to observe.
That drinking or trying to ease the tension and the fear, but I know what she feels now.
Hello, Dolly!
Why dont you hire Carol Channing?
Because I thought I was too young for it, especially with Walter Matthau.
I thought it was bad casting.
I actually forgot the words, she explained of the moment that traumatized her.
She shared a story of her first live show back, the One Voice Concert in 1986.
When the audience stood out of respect for the song, she could no longer see the words.
The special ended up using footage from the dress rehearsal.
I moved to New York with a girl who also wanted to be an actress.
We had this little apartment and I remember not being able to have my bed made, she recalled.
I hate to make my bed.
Even when I was sent away to health camp, I didnt know how to make my bed.
We didnt have maids or anything, my mother made my bed or my grandmother.
I cant make the bed I just never knew how to do those corners.
They taught us at camp; I couldnt figure it out.
I was very flattered, Streisand said of Myers creation of a character who was obsessed with her.
Lorne Michaels invited her on the show and she popped into the sketch to surprise the ladies ofCoffee Talk.
Murphy asked her if she ever had her own #MeToo moment at any point in her career.
I mean, never, she responded.
I wasnt like those pretty girls with those nice little noses.
I have no idea, I dont know.
That is such a complete experience.
It just involves every sense you have, every nerve end.
Your taste or your vision qualities.
And trying to get the best out of the actors, she said.
Those were the most wonderful experiences.
Streisand explained that the sense of control she has as a director is extremely rewarding.
To be in control and not have to feel frustrated, its just so wonderful.
You feel so humbled by it.
Humbled by that power, she said.
I had to go fast.
He [Criss] was so good but he [Cunanan] was so awful.
Its like Oh this poor individual.
This is true stuff about him?
Thats not for you.
I cant say too much, she said.
I havent seen it totally finished, but its very good.
Its very, very good.
