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We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8.
Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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Mary Louise Streep
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I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.
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Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up.
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I think your self emerges more clearly over time.
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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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It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.
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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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I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.
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She [Barbra Streisand] was just - we can't know what we mean to each other. You know, artists, you can't know - you can't know that, but she was really important.
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I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life.
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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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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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The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that moment. That's when you know you've been succeeded at what you've worked very hard to accomplish in your profession. Those are the truly thrilling moments.
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