Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Singing and acting are very similar. Singing makes you reach into your deepest feelings. Singing is an extension of everything that you… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Most of the great practitioners of the art of acting know exactly what they're doing; even in the best, most successful moments,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Acting has to reach everybody on some level - it's a communication of feeling - but as far as judging the work… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. I am curious to the point of being nosy. What that means… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand. — Meryl Streep Copy Share
I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that. — Meryl Streep Copy Share
The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
This act of empathy, that women go through from the time we're little girls - we read all of literature, all of history, it's… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old. — Meryl Streep Copy Share
Well, I got better after this, and my entire family really did appreciate it. Usually, they're resentful of movies that I go off and… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. — Meryl Streep Copy Share
I didn't really like opera. I liked cheerleading and boys and, later, smoking. So my opera career was cut short when I was 15.… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I've also… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even my mother… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies. — Meryl Streep Copy Share
I go to a lot of movies where people are all around me laughing, and I feel like I'm from outer space because I… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there. — Meryl Streep Copy Share
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