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Meryl Streep quotes: True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us. True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.
Meryl Streep quotes: I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram. I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.
Meryl Streep quotes: I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do. I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
Meryl Streep quotes: I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older. I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.
Meryl Streep quotes: Instant gratification is not soon enough. Instant gratification is not soon enough.
Meryl Streep quotes: It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it. It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.
Meryl Streep quotes: I need to go where people are serious about acting. I need to go where people are serious about acting.
Meryl Streep quotes: I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express. I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.
Meryl Streep quotes: For me, clothes are kind of a character. They're more interesting in those terms. For me, clothes are kind of a character. They're more interesting in those terms.
Meryl Streep quotes: My advice: Don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world. My advice: Don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world.
Meryl Streep quotes: Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time
Meryl Streep quotes: I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning. I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning.
Meryl Streep quotes: There are some days when I, myself , think I'm overrated There are some days when I, myself , think I'm overrated
Meryl Streep quotes: The work will stand, no matter what. The work will stand, no matter what.
Meryl Streep quotes: Being an actor lets me be a million different things. Being an actor lets me be a million different things.
Meryl Streep quotes: You can't sing when you're upset. You can't sing when you're crying. You get all congested and disgusting. You can't sing when you're upset. You can't sing when you're crying. You get all congested and disgusting.
Meryl Streep quotes: Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men. Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.
Meryl Streep quotes: I found it unbearable when I allow the song to meet the music, to allow the story to meet the music. I found it unbearable when I allow the song to meet the music, to allow the story to meet the music.
Meryl Streep quotes: I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work. I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work.
Meryl Streep quotes: What makes you different or weird, that's your strength. What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.
Meryl Streep quotes: We are the choices we have made. We are the choices we have made.
Meryl Streep quotes: You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you. You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
Meryl Streep quotes: There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation. There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
Meryl Streep quotes: Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul. Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.
Meryl Streep quotes: The key to every actor is deep, deep insecurity. The key to every actor is deep, deep insecurity.
Meryl Streep quotes: I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don't know if I'll live that long. I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don't know if I'll live that long.
Meryl Streep quotes: What's worse than brutality that dehumanizes women? Tolerance and indifference towards it. What's worse than brutality that dehumanizes women? Tolerance and indifference towards it.
Meryl Streep quotes: I wonder which of the megaton bombs Jesus, our President's personal savior, would have personally dropped on the sleeping families of Baghdad? I wonder which of the megaton bombs Jesus, our
President's personal savior, would have personally
dropped on the sleeping families of Baghdad?
Meryl Streep quotes: I don't have time to read a lot. And when I do, I read things that have just the facts. I don't have time to read a lot. And when I do, I read things that have just the facts.
Meryl Streep quotes: You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize that each day is a gift. You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize that each day is a gift.
Meryl Streep quotes: If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try. If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.
Meryl Streep quotes: Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old. Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old.
Meryl Streep quotes: The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.
Meryl Streep quotes: Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head. Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.
Meryl Streep quotes: Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me. Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.
Meryl Streep quotes: I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot. I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.
Meryl Streep quotes: There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material. There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.
Meryl Streep quotes: I want to feel my life while I'm in it. I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
Meryl Streep quotes: Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you. Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you.
Meryl Streep quotes: I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life. I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life.
Meryl Streep quotes: People have to make their own decisions about their lives. People have to make their own decisions about their lives.
Meryl Streep quotes: Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other. Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other.
Meryl Streep quotes: Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand. Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.
Meryl Streep quotes: My family really does come first. It always did and always will. My family really does come first. It always did and always will.
Meryl Streep quotes: I think your self emerges more clearly over time. I think your self emerges more clearly over time.
Meryl Streep quotes: I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life. I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.
Meryl Streep quotes: I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other. I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.
Meryl Streep quotes: I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s. I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.
Meryl Streep quotes: It's harder for men to imagine themselves as the girl in the movies than it is for me to imagine myself as Daniel Craig bringing down the building. It's harder for men to imagine themselves as the girl in the movies than it is for me to imagine myself as Daniel Craig bringing down the building.
Meryl Streep quotes: We all make the mistake thinking that how you look makes you more worthy of love. We all make the mistake thinking that how you look makes you more worthy of love.
Meryl Streep quotes: There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth.
Meryl Streep quotes: Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple - love, sex and food! Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple - love, sex and food!
Meryl Streep quotes: When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on ... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever. When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on ... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever.
Meryl Streep quotes: I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life. I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
Meryl Streep quotes: Anyone who wants to achieve something, needs a lot of work. Anyone who wants to achieve something, needs a lot of work.
Meryl Streep quotes: All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene. All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.
Meryl Streep quotes: As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else. As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.
Meryl Streep quotes: Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood. Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood.
Meryl Streep quotes: Expensive clothes are a waste of money. Expensive clothes are a waste of money.
Meryl Streep quotes: I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life. I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.
Meryl Streep quotes: That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work. That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.
Meryl Streep quotes: The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed. The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.
Meryl Streep quotes: You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it doesn't work that way. You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it doesn't work that way.
Meryl Streep quotes: The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter. The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.
Meryl Streep quotes: I can become you for a second and you can become me and this lifts us up. I can become you for a second and you can become me and this lifts us up.
Meryl Streep quotes: When you're an actor and there's no music, you have to sort of bring it all yourself. When you're an actor and there's no music, you have to sort of bring it all yourself.
Meryl Streep quotes: My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that. My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.
Meryl Streep quotes: I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts. I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts.
Meryl Streep quotes: The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize. The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.
Meryl Streep quotes: People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself. People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself.
Meryl Streep quotes: Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children. Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.
Meryl Streep quotes: Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person. Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.
Meryl Streep quotes: Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
Meryl Streep quotes: I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think. I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think.
Meryl Streep quotes: We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8. We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8.
Meryl Streep quotes: Guard your good mood. Guard your good mood.
Meryl Streep quotes: Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time. Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.
Meryl Streep quotes: Fear focuses the mind. Fear focuses the mind.
Meryl Streep quotes: Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.
Meryl Streep quotes: I can't stand most things that I see. I can't stand most things that I see.
Meryl Streep quotes: The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in that way. The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in that way.
Meryl Streep quotes: How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception. How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception.
Meryl Streep quotes: You have to embrace getting older You have to embrace getting older
Meryl Streep quotes: I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors. I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.
Meryl Streep quotes: It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead. It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.
Meryl Streep quotes: You didn't have to work to keep your fear up, your energy up, or your anxiety. It is all kind of built into the process. You didn't have to work to keep your fear up, your energy up, or your anxiety. It is all kind of built into the process.
Meryl Streep quotes: Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics, Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics,
Meryl Streep quotes: I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you. I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.
Meryl Streep quotes: I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know. I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.
Meryl Streep quotes: I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world. I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.
Meryl Streep quotes: You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before. You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.
Meryl Streep quotes: If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now. If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now.
Meryl Streep quotes: I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence. I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.
Meryl Streep quotes: I don't really talk about my process very much, because I feel like if I give something away, it might not come back. I don't really talk about my process very much, because I feel like if I give something away, it might not come back.
Meryl Streep quotes: Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up.
Meryl Streep quotes: If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations. If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations.
Meryl Streep quotes: I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work. I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.
Meryl Streep quotes: When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid. When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.
Meryl Streep quotes: Having wrinkles is at once strange and exciting. Having wrinkles is at once strange and exciting.
Meryl Streep quotes: The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become. The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

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