Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I don't have time to read a lot. And when I do, I read things that have just the facts. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There's only change and resistance to… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
In my own experience of male and female directors, people have a much, much harder time taking a direct command from a… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I get nervous the more time I have to think about something so I deliberately don't give myself too much time between… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
My advice: Don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
We change who we are to fit the exogenous of our time, and not just strategically or to our own advantage, sometimes… — 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
You are thinking about where your brain is at any time. It's very tricky but it's why women are very well suited… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
For young women, I would say don't worry so much about your weight. Girls spend way too much time thinking about that,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
This act of empathy, that women go through from the time we're little girls - we read all of literature, all of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and… — 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
