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My job is usually to express emotion as freely as possible.
Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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Mary Louise Streep
Meryl Louise Streep
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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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We are the choices we have made.
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The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.
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Pretending is a very valuable life skill.
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For me, clothes are kind of character I don't follow fashion or understand trends.
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People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?
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My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.
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Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood.
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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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If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.
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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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America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.
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