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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/chris-cooper-is-one-of-my-favorite-actors-in-the-world-i-ve-seen-him/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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## More by Meryl Streep

> [Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/sometimes-it-s-easier-for-people-who-are-in-authority-to-be/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-do-honestly-think-that-if-women-were-running-the-world-there-would/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/my-feeling-about-fears-is-if-you-voice-your-fears-they-may-come-true/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-work-itself-is-the-reward-and-if-i-choose-challenging-work-it-ll/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/this-act-of-empathy-that-women-go-through-from-the-time-we-re-little/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/some-men-can-maintain-cragginess-and-weary-masculinity-women-just-get/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/well-i-got-better-after-this-and-my-entire-family-really-did/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/acting-is-not-about-being-someone-different-it-s-finding-the/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-didn-t-really-like-opera-i-liked-cheerleading-and-boys-and-later/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/life-is-all-about-making-choices-and-i-m-very-happy-with-mine-i-have/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even my mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/leave-me-to-the-thing-i-love-i-love-acting-but-being-called-the/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-have-a-very-busy-life-and-not-many-people-who-have-a-career-and/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-go-to-a-lot-of-movies-where-people-are-all-around-me-laughing-and-i/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/people-say-when-you-have-children-everything-changes-but-maybe-things/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

> [You have to embrace getting older](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/you-have-to-embrace-getting-older/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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