Barbra Streisand reflects on the way things were while being honored at the SAG Awards
Dressed in black and gold with prepared notes confidently held in her gloved hands — knowing well enough to not trust the teleprompters — Barbra Streisand delivered a speech after being honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award that brought theater kid Anne Hathaway, among many other celebrities in attendance, to tears.
Reflecting on her early days growing up in Brooklyn, where her mother advised her to learn how to type as she didn’t feel she had the looks of someone who could make it in Hollywood, Streisand said “she didn’t listen,” which worked out for the best, for all of us.
