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# Hugh Grant Says He's 'Barbra Streisand in Trousers'

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by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Aug 5, 2016 8:00 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Aug 5, 2016 8:00 PM UTC

There comes a time when a man figures out what he really wants in life, demands it without apology, and also, who he’s most like in the world, and that time is now for [Hugh Grant](http://time.com/3704181/hugh-grant-romantic-comedies/).

In an interview with [_CBS Sunday Morning_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hugh-grant-im-like-barbra-streisand-in-trousers/), the _Florence Foster Jenkins_ star explained that he wants so much editorial control when it comes to making movies that he can drive people nuts.

As Grant put it, perfectionism “can be a good thing,” he says. “But I think there’s also a drawback. And I’ve driven people mad on films that I’ve made. I want more takes. I want to try new lines. Then I want to interfere in the editing process and I want to interfere in the advertising process, everything, everything. Pretty much Barbra Streisand in trousers.”

Streisand has been known to have specific standards as one might expect of a star as accomplished as she is. In an interview with [TIME](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/05/driving-miss-barbra/), she explained that she objected to shooting the cross-country road trip movie _The Guilt Trip_ anywhere more than 45 minutes from her house.

But if a person doesn’t travel with a throne like [Mariah Carey](http://time.com/4419460/mariah-carey-instagram/), are they really a diva though?

\[[CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hugh-grant-im-like-barbra-streisand-in-trousers/)\]

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