--- title: Barbra Streisand: Hugh Grant Says He's Barbra in Interview description: Hugh Grant compares himself to head diva in charge Barbra Streisand. canonical: https://time.com/4441105/hugh-grant-barbra-streisand/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-05T20:00:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:10.752Z og:title: Hugh Grant Says He's 'Barbra Streisand in Trousers' og:description: Diva recognize diva og:url: https://time.com/4441105/hugh-grant-barbra-streisand/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hugh Grant Says He's 'Barbra Streisand in Trousers' twitter:description: Diva recognize diva twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hugh Grant Says He's 'Barbra Streisand in Trousers' 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? \[[CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hugh-grant-im-like-barbra-streisand-in-trousers/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4441105/hugh-grant-barbra-streisand/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4441105/hugh-grant-barbra-streisand/"},"headline":"Hugh Grant Says He's 'Barbra Streisand in Trousers'","datePublished":"2016-08-05T20:00:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:10.752Z","description":"\"Pretty much\"","url":"https://time.com/4441105/hugh-grant-barbra-streisand/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4441105/hugh-grant-barbra-streisand/","name":"Hugh Grant Says He's 'Barbra Streisand in Trousers'"}}]}] ```