Barbra Takes It Like A Man

Was it hard to direct yourself?
The only hard part is the part I don't like, meaning costume fittings, hair and makeup, having to care about how you appear. I don't like being fussed over. I don't like even to learn lines.

Did you ever feel like you needed someone to direct you?
I did at first. And then I got to know more of what I was doing. I had such a wonderfully supportive crew in England. I guess that's because a woman in power was nothing new to them, since they had a queen, and at the time Margaret Thatcher was prime minister. The crew was just enormously willing to have me have my dream.

They actually wrote you a card saying how much they liked you—and you included it in the DVD package.
They presented it to me one day, and they said they sent it to The Sun. It was just adorable.

You didn't ask them to do it?
Oh God, no.

I was really nervous when you were going to call.
You're kidding. Why?

I had read all these things.
Wait a minute. Let's try to analyze that. Because that's really interesting to me. A person's reputation, what comes before them. The people who say those things have never really worked with me.

Had you watched "Yentl" lately?
No. I never watch my things again. I make an album and then maybe 10 years later, I hear a thing or two. If I walk into somebody's house or a department store, I always say, "Can you please turn that off?" Because I spend so much time on it, before it's released, that once it's released it's on its own. I really don't want to listen to it.

Are you going to be doing the sequel to "Meet the Fockers"?
Perhaps. Why?

I was just wondering. I think it's called "Meet the Little Fockers."
[Laughs] Well, if the script is very good, and I'm not directing another movie, maybe I would do it.