Barbra Streisand's Mom Wanted Her to 'Be a Secretary'

It wasn't always glitz and glamour for superstar entertainer Barbra Streisand. In the upcoming issue of Glamour Magazine (out November 5th), the Brooklyn-born singer, who will receive the 'Glamour' 2013 Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award on November 11th revealed that she did not receive much support for her goal of becoming an actress.

As a young girl living in a housing project in Brooklyn, Streisand lost her father at an early age. Her mother married another man who the singer confides, was not a positive figure in her life. He told me, 'You're not pretty enough to have ice cream,' " she said. "And my mother never defended me. I wasn't supported in that house."

Her mother unfortunately did not have much faith in Streisand's talent either. "My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young. Looking back I think it was maybe an escape," she says. "I just had a belief in myself."

Yet she never stopped dreaming of The Day that she would be a star. "As a young woman I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights," she tells Glamour.

The 71-year-old also offered Five Life Lesson tips to live by:

1. "Find your passion."

2. "Trust your instincts."

3. Stay true to yourself - people respond to authenticity, and they can smell a phony."

4. "Don't fear your self-doubt .... Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both."

5. "Take risks.. Get involved. It's your life. It's your country. It's your world."

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The 23rd annual Women of the Year Awards will be held at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Nov. 11.

By age 28, Ms. Streisand had already earned five of the entertainment industry's most prestigious awards: the Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe, making her an icon of American culture and an international favorite. Among her myriad accolades, she received an Oscar for Best Actress (Funny Girl, 1968), and for composing the music for Best Original Song (Evergreen, 1976).

During her career, she has been honored by the Directors Guild of America and received the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton, the Peabody Award, the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement and Kennedy Center Honors. The internationally recognized artist received France's Legion of Honour from President Nicolas Sarkozy. Additionally, Ms. Streisand is an author and photographer known for her critically acclaimed book, "My Passion for Design."

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