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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.
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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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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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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It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.
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Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need - and it's wonderful in that way. And when it's right, you're lost in the moment.
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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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I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.
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The work will stand, no matter what.
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Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.
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When criticism comes your way as an actor they are not criticizing your writing or your painting or your piece, they are criticizing you! It is hard to put that away in a place where you are not hurt.
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Being an actor lets me be a million different things.
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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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You can have a perfectly horrible day where you doubt your talent... Or that you're boring and they're going to find out that you don't know what you're doing.
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The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.
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You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.
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My job is usually to express emotion as freely as possible.
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It's harder for men to imagine themselves as the girl in the movies than it is for me to imagine myself as Daniel Craig bringing down the building.
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Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.
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Having wrinkles is at once strange and exciting.
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The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky 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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