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If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

Meryl Streep

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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
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Television Producer
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Mary Louise Streep
Meryl Louise Streep
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Young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives.
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You can have a perfectly horrible day where you doubt your talent... Or that you're boring and they're going to find out that you don't know what you're doing.
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I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.
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I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning.
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The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.
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I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career has been given to me by the people I've worked with, no question. The actors, the directors, the cinematographers, the writers, all of whom gave me the opportunity to work in the way that I have and I'm really grateful.
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They filled our lives so much, the films they were in made us laugh, think and cry. Through their work they shared a piece of our soul. We will miss them with the sadness with which we miss an old friend.
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The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
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