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I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.

Meryl Streep

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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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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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I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.
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My family really does come first. It always did and always will.
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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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Personality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes.
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When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.
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That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.
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The work will stand, no matter what.
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