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Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.
Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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The biggest lesson I learned in my career was to ask other people what they make because the men usually make more than you do. And it's good to know. You're not allowed to ask...but it's good to ask.
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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.
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One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.
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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.
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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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You're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but Earl Blackwell finally died, and I was on his blacklist every year for being the worst dressed person.
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Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
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I think it is typical for many men to have problems when their wives make more money then they do, or when their wives are higher on the corporate ladder than they find themselves. I think that often is an issue.
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The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that moment. That's when you know you've been succeeded at what you've worked very hard to accomplish in your profession. Those are the truly thrilling moments.
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And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking voice at any point.
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Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood.
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I didn't go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me. I really do.
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Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.
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The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.
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The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.
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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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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.
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The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.
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On every film, the clothes are half the battle in creating the character. I have a great deal of opinion about how my people are presented. We show a great deal by what we put on our bodies.
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