Barbra Streisand, 81, says she 'hasn't had much fun in life' amid huge success

06 November 2023 , 20:18

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Barbra Streisand, 81, says she 'hasn't had much fun in life' amid huge success

Barbra Streisand has teased that she now wants to have "more fun" in her life, with her saying it's something that she hasn't experienced much in the past.

The performer, 81, has enjoyed a decades-long career in the entertainment industry which has included her having taken on various acting roles. She's released numerous albums and performed in Broadway productions too.

Now, Barbra is set to discuss her award-winning career in her upcoming memoir My Name is Barbra, which is scheduled to be released later this week.

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Barbra Streisand has been promoting her upcoming memoir My Name is Barbra recently (Getty Images North America)

This included the star appearing on BBC Breakfast this morning, with her interviewed by the show's music correspondent Mark Savage. He referenced aspects of her memoir and asked the guest what she's now planning to do next.

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Barbra - who has been married to actor James Brolin since 1998 - responded to the correspondent: "I want to live life. I want to get in my husband's truck and just wander, go around, hopefully with the children somewhere near us."

The performer, pictured with her husband James Brolin, appeared on BBC Breakfast this week (Getty)

The award-winning performer continued by saying: "When they come over, they love playing with the dogs, y'know we have fun. I haven't had much fun in my life, to tell you the truth." She concluded: "And I want to have more fun."

During the interview, Barbra also stated that "music is work" to her. She said: "I love making records, but what I have to go through to get it out [includes] mixing it [and] listening to it on different systems. It's work. I mean it takes time." She subsequently teased: "So by the time it's over, I never wanna hear it again. Until maybe 25 years later."

Barbra, who's starred in films like Funny Girl (1968), is set to discuss her life and career in the memoir (Getty Images)

It was suggested that she prefers to play games on her phone instead. She shared: "That's the way I take the problems of the world out of head, out of my brain cause otherwise I couldn't be able to sleep. So when I'm playing backgammon [or] playing solitaire, y'know you have to think. I wanna win, I wanna win that game. That calms me!"

Joel Leaver