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The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.
Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in that way.
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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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When criticism comes your way as an actor they are not criticizing your writing or your painting or your piece, they are criticizing you! It is hard to put that away in a place where you are not hurt.
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Personality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes.
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I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do not want to see our children killed. Maybe I am completely idealistic, but until we see women in equal positions of power in the world, I just think that we are doomed.
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