Well, hello gorgeous, Rodriguez meowed to start the conversation.
I grew up in a large Hispanic family of 10 kids in San Antonio, Texas.
And in our household, there simply was no bigger star than Barbra Streisand.
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My mom talked to us 10 children about God and about Barbra Streisand.
Recently, in Texas, he took his mother to see Streisand perform.
It wasBarbra After Hours.
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The fourth questioner was a gentleman fan.
Oh, its good to have a man speak, Streisand declared upon hearing his voice.
Im glad I sound like one, the man responded, drawing a big laugh from the legend.
Here are the 13 best moments from the evening.
Brooklyn babeThe crowd whooped at Streisands first mention of Brooklyn.
She described spending the whole day at her local movie theater as a child.
The first time I sat through two movies to see the first one again was to see Marlon Brando.
I loved the make-believe world, the world of color.
I remember leaving the theater and going back into the drab, hot summer days.
Inside the theater was cool and they had great ice cream.
And I would sit with him in the mens section.
I wasnt alienated with the women upstairs.
So I felt kind of familiar with being with the men.
And who knows what that has to do with me eventually choosingYentl.
Power balladStreisand talked about reading George Bernard Shaws bookThe Quintessence of Ibsenism.
The one sentence I remember outta that book was, Thoughts can transcend matter.
Because I want to.
I loved every minute of working on that movie, she said.
But I remember learning how to dislike the press.
I always had opinions and opinions in the 60s were not popular for women.
We told each other secrets that no one will ever know, she said.
Frank discussionStreisand never mentioned Frank Pierson, her director onA Star is Born, by name.
But she made abundantly clear that theirs was not a joyful collaboration.
In a sense, I was blackmailed into hiring the director.
I had hired him to write.
Im like a straight-shooter, I tell you what I think.
I would be in the middle of a song and he would yell, Cut!
Id say, Why did you cut?
He says, Your head went out of frame.
I said, My head will come back!
It was insane to me.
I saw that he doesnt see the truthful moment.
So…he yelled action, but I yelled cut.
Critical eyesWhat I remember are the bad reviews, Streisand said.
I forget the good reviews.
Thats part of the artistic process.
You start [creating art] because you dont feel good enough.
And yet theres also the other end of the scale, which is confidence.
So its a funny thing.
You have to have both qualities: the self-doubt and the confidence.
None of them talked about what the movie was trying to say.
The reviews must have hurt me because I didnt want to direct for years after that.
Is it hard to direct herself in a movie?No, no, she said.
Because theres less people to argue with.
The studio wanted an Academy Award nomination for a new song.
I thought, I cant do it.
And why is this psychiatrist singing?'
Of course its a fing snub, Rodriguez said.
Then you get into competition and a bit of jealousy.
Though she added, Not enough women are directing now.
I love when I see a womans name on a film.
Then I pray that its good.
Put it that way.
I think that fear is like an engine to create.
Dont mention a wall to me, she exclaimed, an obvious reference to the current president.
The line garnered the loudest applause of the night.
Where art thou Juliet?Streisand has not acted onscreen since 2012s Seth Rogen-starringThe Guilt Trip.
And on the stage, so without close-ups.
