The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
She [ Anne Hathaway] is just a delicious talent. I think she can delight us for years and years in lots and… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The biggest lesson I learned in my career was to ask other people what they make because the men usually make more… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
There have been directors that I did not enjoy working with, but for the most part I realize that I have been… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 really about boys, most of it. But I can feel more like Peter Pan than Tinker Bell, or like Wendy. I wanted to be Tom Sawyer, not Becky. And we're so used to that act of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share
Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
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 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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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