Barbra Streisand and James Brolin in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2016.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Barbra Streisandwants to spend her golden years with those nearest and dearest.
“I want to live life,” Streisand, 81, told the outlet in an interview published Sunday. “I want to get in my husband’s truck and just wander, hopefully with the children somewhere near us. Life is fun for me when they come over. They love playing with the dogs and we have fun.”
“I haven’t had much fun in my life, to tell you the truth,” she added. “And I want to have more fun.”
Streisand is a mother to sonJason Gould, 56, whom she shares with ex-husbandElliott Gould, and stepmom to James' three children:Josh, 55, Jess, 52, andMolly, 35. She is also a grandmother to Josh’s four kids:Trevor, 35,Eden, 29,Westlyn, 5, andChapel, 2.
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James Brolin and Barbra Streisand.FREDERICK M. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
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Last year, Streisand’s fellow-actor husband, whom she wed in 1998, opened up to PEOPLE aboutthe secret to their long marriage.
“I think everybody needs to be a negotiator,” said James, 83, who was set up on a blind date with Streisand. “Everybody needs to have patience and know when to take a walk.”
In her book, Streisand saysshe met her now-husband"at a point in my life when I had basically given up on finding someone. And frankly, I was all right with being on my own.”
“I had my son, I had great friends to keep me company, my work was fulfilling, and I loved my new house in Malibu overlooking the ocean,” she continues, adding, “Maybe you have to be happy with yourself before you can be happy with someone else.”
“I thinkthe real reason our relationship has enduredis that we’re both willing to work at it,” Streisand writes. “Jim and I are very different. As he’s said to me, ‘You’re an expert at looking for what’s wrong, while I’m just happy to wake up in the morning.’ (He’ll live much longer than me. He keeps saying he’s going to live to be 100, and recently upped it to 110. He probably will, with that attitude.)”
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Elsewhere during her interview with the BBC, Streisand discussed her decision to put pen to paper for her book.
“It was the only way to have some control over my life,” saidthe EGOT winner. “This is my legacy. I wrote my story. I don’t have to do any more interviews after this.”
Earlier this month, Streisand also announced that she would benarrating the audiobook for her memoir, which details her childhood, expansive career on the screen and stage and her journey toward stardom.
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