Actress Jennifer Aniston, who is currently promoting her new movie “The Switch” (watch trailer here), paid homage to the one and only Barbra Streisand in a special photo shoot for the upcoming September 2010 issue of Harper’s Bazaar.

The 41 year-old strikes some iconic Barbra poses from “Funny Girl”, “What’s Up, Doc?”, and more. Why? Does this make any sense at all? Jennifer is no Barbra and will be no Barbra. In the interview, Jennifer talks about being the in spotlight (not for her “incredible” work, but her relationship with Brad Pitt!), her sense of humor and future plans.

Here are some highlights from Jennifer Aniston’s Harper’s Bazaar interview:

On being a funny girl: “People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don’t. But I can pretty much find humor in anything. That is a necessary part of life. I don’t want to say laughter is healing, because it sounds corny, but it’s a release.”

On what she’s learned from Barbra Streisand: “You don’t have to stop at one thing. You can do it all if you want to.”

On being in the spotlight: “[Barbra and I] are people who have been put in the spotlight, for better or for worse, and you just keep riding, and you keep overcoming.”

On looking up to Streisand: “Barbra inspires me because there isn’t anything she hasn’t done that she wanted to do, especially as a female in the time when her generation was prime. She’s a true renais sance woman. . . I had a long conversation with Barbra about directing because I directed a short a couple years ago, and if I don’t do it again soon, I’m going to burst out of my skin. And we also love interior design.”

Jennifer Aniston as Barbara Streisand for Harper’s Bazaar Pictures

[images: Mark Seliger/Harper's Bazaar]