European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tide keeps rolling for Multi talented Streisand by Frank Rizzo the Hartford courant after decades of being the qui Lessen tial private person the reclusive i a. The reluctant Star. Barbra Streisand is suddenly spilling her guts. There s Streisand being playful on the cover of vanity fair. There a Streisand being grilled by Mike Wallace on 60 minutes. And there a Streisand being interviewed by a platoon of journalists during to recent weekend in Manhattan. The reason for this outpouring of personal detail has been to promote the Prince of tides the new film she produces directs and stars in with Nick Nolle. Streisand s Public exposure also reflects the nature of the film and the Pat Conroy Book on which it is based about a persons coming to terms with a painful past. A i spend my life looking Back a says Streisand who confesses to decades of psychoanalysis examining her own life. Quot the Only Way to live in the present is by conquering the past by Healing the past. So this Book the Prince of tides is very meaningful to in the film she plays a new York psychiatrist an outwardly kempt and controlled person but with her own family problems Streisand Calls her a a wounded healer. She helps the character played by Nolte face a childhood trauma and come to grips with the relationships of his adult life. Streisand says that coming to terms with the past is a lifelong process. A there Are places i Haven to healed yet Quot she says. A but i m at a Point in my life now where i can live with the truth. It has helped me in my forgiveness of my parents and people in my life i know that it has made me a better As she approaches 50 next Spring Streisand looks Well healed healthy and Happy with her role As serious filmmaker. W is most sinking about meeting is Ali it she is a relative a slight woman not the towering presence imagined bom the stage and set ecu. Even her famous fingernails seem to Hac modest proportions. She looks Sublime. Her hair in a gentle swoop around her lace has the butterscotch glow of so Eret conditioners. Her Gold jew Corv is Subtle and splendid. Her outfit a Richl textured ankle length skirt with a Slit up the Side Turtleneck. Short Black boots has the Cool sumptuous ass of classic taste. I Hough she reflects a Serene poise her personal radar is constantly on Alert. She listens attentively to a questioner and Breaks the moment by apologizing because she was actually living to overhear what the Prince of author pal Conroy was saying at a cur he table. The impression is that of a serious intelligent professional person living her Best to help her movie. Quot she was delightful Nice and smart Quot save Conroy. Who also waked on a rewrite of the screenplay of his Book. Quot she was More passionate about my Book than i was. She quoted me entire passages from says Jason Gould her 24-year-old son by former husband Gould Quot she cares a lot about her work and she pays a lot of attention to detail w hich is probably win she gets a bad rap sometimes. She s a perfectionist. I think she gets accused of being difficult because of that but really she just cares a lot about her a Gould who plays her son in the film Calls his Mother a Quot Down to Earth person Quot who is not comfortable with her celebrity. But celebrity is what Streisand Cage Rev sought in the beginning of her career. She created a splash in the Early 60s with her singing in nightclubs and in her scene stealing supporting role of miss Marmulstein in the 1%2 Broadway musical i Cun get it for you wholesale. But it was her role As Fanny Brice in the l%4 hit show funny or that made her famous forever. Her nearly 30-year recording career also has been spectacular. All of her 34 albums have been Best Sellers. Her first album in 1%3 won two grammy and she has won six More she quickly conquered television As Well. Her first special the one woman my name is bar hrs earned five emmy. Her subsequent shows including color me Burhani were also critical and popular successes. Columbia pictures barbra Streisand tugs along through her Oscar winning role in the 1968 movie funny girl. I let lust mini role in the Moie version of funny curl copped her an Oscar in 1%n Winch she shared with Katharine Hepburn in i he i Ion in Winter. During the 70s. Streisand proved that she was Quot an actress who could first in such comedies As i he owl and the and s Lic i Ater she turned from Kooky to cultured in the romantic films i he we w Ere opposite Robert Bedford and yet another remake of \ is born with Kris Kristol Turson she won a Best song Oscar for her composition. I \ Eyre in in the Nils her projects were in Vici. But her m evolvement was greater. She turned to producing directing and starring first with enl. And now with the Prince of tides which took nearly three years to gel on screen. She also played a straight dramatic part in la x7 s nuts a film she also produced and scored and which Martin Ritt directed Streisand is working on a video of her career to parallel the release of her four compact disc re pros Mcclive. A a it a real interesting to see these film and videotapes Quot she says. Quot you hear me in Early interviews Ami you can sense the excitement of the cameras and the lights and. It was so exciting to be on to for the first time. And the next thing you see and hear in the retrospective is the opening night of funny girl. And my voice is so drained and kind of disappointed. Quot no stardom does no to sit Well with me. It drove me into analysis. It gave me psychosomatic illnesses. All of a sudden i thought a what do people expect of me How great do i have to be and live up to Peoples expectations it was Tough. Really Tough. Quot but i realized i was a worker. I Don t like to use the word artist because it sounds presumptuous. But i like the process of work. I like How i find a character How i work with a script. I like dealing with actors. And i like incorporating what i think is important in my life into my work. So the stardom Issue is very foreign to me. I be never gotten used to sometimes Streisand s quest to be the Best has Given her the reputation for being Dill cult egocentric a control Freak. Quot i have no idea who that person is Quot she says about this image. She recalls a recent press report that because she is directing producing and starring in the a knee of titles she was Quot obviously sell Quot i was so hint by that Quot she says. A and my the apis said to me i wish you Weie sell enchanted Quot Streisand pauses a moment and with a tight tinge of anger adds Quot Liev Don t have a clue As to w to i Streisand says she is planning a follow up to her successful l�?~tx7 Mccoid. \ album. 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