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I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think.

Meryl Streep

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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll live that long.
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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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You didn't have to work to keep your fear up, your energy up, or your anxiety. It is all kind of built into the process.
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I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.
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Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody.
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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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Without question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite thing you've ever done was Linda or Sophie. And they were a particular kind of very feminine, recessive kind of personality. So they fell in love with her, but they didn't feel the story through her body.
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We need art as much as we need good works. You need it like food. You need it for inspiration to keep going on the days that your low. We need each other in that way.
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There have been directors that I did not enjoy working with, but for the most part I realize that I have been unbelievably spoiled in my career because I have worked with some of the greatest, greatest directors ever.
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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.
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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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Guard your good mood.
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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.
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I don't really talk about my process very much, because I feel like if I give something away, it might not come back.
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I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.
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Sometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me.
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For me, clothes are kind of character I don't follow fashion or understand trends.
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You can't sing when you're upset. You can't sing when you're crying. You get all congested and disgusting.
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Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.
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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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