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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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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 have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.
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Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.
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I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.
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I just take every day is a miracle and I'm really glad that I'm still working and that people are not sick of me, even though even I'm sick of me a little bit.
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I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.
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