The 81-year-old actress and singer Barbra Streisand, in an interview with The New York Times, said that people often criticize her appearance or the way she dresses, and admitted that she is no longer afraid to dress the way she wants. According to the star, self-expression has nothing to do with age, and she herself is too old to seriously worry about what people think of her. "People should be able to express themselves and wear what they think is appropriate," she said. According to the singer, at the very beginning of her career, she was not as brave as she is now, and she was afraid to express herself through images. "At the time I was too afraid of being criticized. Now I'm too old to care."
In November, Streisand unveiled her memoir, which she says she wrote to tell her story. “It was the only way I could get some control over my life. This is my legacy. I wrote my story. After that, I won't have to give any more interviews.''
According to her, stars often find themselves in a vulnerable position because people don't know what they really are. "I think when you become famous, there's a certain amount of people who want to believe bad things about you," she said, noting that after reading her book, people will finally be able to understand that she's ordinary person. Earlier, Jodie Foster talked about how the perception of herself and appearance changes with age, saying that only after fifty years she stopped blaming herself for failures and taking criticism seriously. /BGNES
