Barbra Streisand Is ‘Too Old to Care’ if People Think She Dresses Provocatively

Barbra Streisand doesn’t let her age dictate how she dresses.

The 81-year-old multi-hyphenate shared in a recent interview with The New York Times that she believes that “people should express themselves and wear whatever they feel on any given day.”

Streisand said self-expression has “nothing to do with age” and revealed she was afraid to show her sensual side early in her career. “Then I was too afraid of being seen like that. Now I’m too old to care,” she explained.

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In the memoir, the legendary singer gave a behind-the-scenes look at her decades-long career My name is Barbra, which was released in November. Streisand said BBC that same month she was inspired to write a book to have a say in how her story was told.

“It was the only way to have some control over my life,” she said. “This is my legacy. I wrote my story. After this I don’t have to do any more interviews.” In a recent interview with PEOPLE, she went on to talk about her interest in wanting to “get everything straight” about her personal life.

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“I guess when you become famous, there’s a certain amount of people who want to believe bad things about you,” she told PEOPLE. “This woman [who reviewed the book] talked about, ‘Well, I thought I’d read a book written by a diva… She’s nothing like that. She is a down to earth person. She is vulnerable.’ It was as if she saw me through a book, so I achieved what I set out to do: I made things right by telling the truth.”

The EGOT winner will add another title to her name in February when she is presented with the SAG Life Achievement Award at the 30th annual SAG Awards.

Barbra Streisand in concert. Tony Korody/Sygma/Sygma/Getty

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“Ever since I was a young girl sitting in the Loew’s Kings theater in Brooklyn, I dreamed of being one of those actresses I saw on the screen. Movies were a portal to a world I could only imagine. Although I was an unlikely candidate, somehow I a dream come true. This award is especially meaningful to me because it comes from my fellow actors, whom I greatly admire,” Streisand said in a statement.

According to a press release, the award “is presented annually to an actor who upholds the best ideals of the acting profession.”

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