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I think your self emerges more clearly over time.
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 once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gardener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.
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When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever.
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It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug.
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Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
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And it took to The Devil Wears Prada to play someone tough, who had to make hard decisions, who was running an organization, and sometimes that takes making tough decisions for a certain kind of man to empathize. That's the word - empathize. Feel the story through her. And that's the first time anybody has ever said that they felt that way.
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True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.
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Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.
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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 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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And it interferes with your ability to be a good actress if you're constantly aware of yourself as a person. To me, it isn't valuable to think about how I'm coming off all the time if I'm trying to create a character, because that's a process that I love. It's like falling in love and surrendering to another person or a character.
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No one has ever asked an actor, 'You're playing a strong-minded man.' We assume that men are strong-minded, or have opinions. But a strong-minded woman is a different animal.
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There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.
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I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.
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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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Yeah, I did need a lot of breath [to play Margaret Thatcher]. I needed much more breath than I have, after all of my expensive drama school training. I couldn't keep up with her.
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I think that you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's what you're going to count on. In the end, it's what feels right to you. Not what your mother told you. Not what some actress told you. Not what anybody else told you but the still, small voice.
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