Barbra Streisand doesn’t want a movie to be made about her while she’s still alive.
The singer has long been working on her memoirs and recently confirmed the tome is almost complete, after she made use of the downtime during lockdown to work on the project.
Although the Woman in Love star is keen for fans to learn the truth about her life, she’ll be “upset” if a screen project is made while she’s living.
Speaking to Marc Malkin on the ‘Just for Variety’ podcast, the music icon was asked if she’d consider doing “a scripted feature along the lines of Elton John’s ‘Rocketman’ or Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.”
She replied: “After I’m gone. Not while I’m alive. No, no, no, no, no, no.
“I’d just say, listen to the truth in my book and portray me truthfully, but not while I’m here. I get upset when something’s false or something’s a lie.
“That’s why I wrote the song Don’t Lie to Me.
“I couldn’t help making a video. I probably really lost a lot of people, a lot of fans doing that. But you have to face the truth. I have to face my own truth.
“I have to face what I think is going on in the world. That’s who I am. I just believe in the power of the truth.”
Barbra’s memoir has been in the works for several years and was set for a 2017 release date, before being pushed when she insisted on handwriting the book because she never learned how to type.
“When I started writing, which is many years ago, I wrote in longhand because I never learned how to type,” she said. “Because my mother wanted me to become a secretary and type when I was in high school, and I only wanted to be an actress.
“So, I let my nails grow. So I could never type. And now, believe me, I wish I knew how to type.
“Now I talk into my QuickVoice app and then I send it to somebody to type. I’m better at remembering all those years ago.
“I can tell you what I wore I could tell you probably what I ate. I know where I stood when I sang Sweet Forgiveness. I remember that image.”
The track appears on the star’s latest album ‘Release Me 2’, featuring outtakes from throughout her celebrated career, dating back to the 1960s through to 2020.
In a review of the album, Retro Pop said its a “a testament to her prolific career that her castoffs – 50 years later – can come together as a standout album.”
