--- title: "20 Ifs Quotes By Meryl Streep" description: "20 Ifs quotes by Meryl Streep. Plus more from Meryl Streep and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/meryl-streep-1078_brain_if-you-have-a-brain-you-are-obliged-to-u_592426.jpg" --- > [If you have a brain, you are obliged to use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-you-have-a-brain-you-are-obliged-to-use-it/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/meryl-streep-1078_brain_if-you-have-a-brain-you-are-obliged-to-u_592426.jpg) > [One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/one-must-be-brave-if-one-is-to-take-the-wheel/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/meryl-streep-1078_be-brave_one-must-be-brave-if-one-is-to-take-the_1153180.jpg) > [It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/it-s-amazing-what-you-can-get-if-you-quietly-clearly-and/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/meryl-streep-1078_demand_it-s-amazing-what-you-can-get-if-you-qui_3082797.jpg) > [I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-would-like-martin-scorsese-to-be-interested-in-a-female-character/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/meryl-streep-1078_character_i-would-like-martin-scorsese-to-be-inter_1203090.jpg) > [It is interesting how fashion filters down and we discover in the "Devil Wears Prada" that we're all prey to trends, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/it-is-interesting-how-fashion-filters-down-and-we-discover-in-the/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/meryl-streep-1078_devil_it-is-interesting-how-fashion-filters-do_1032396.jpg) > [The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/meryl-streep-1078_challenges_the-work-itself-is-the-reward-and-if-i-c_80076.jpg) > [If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-everybody-that-had-two-cars-had-a-prius-instead-of-an-suv-we/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/meryl-streep-1078_car_if-everybody-that-had-two-cars-had-a-pri_1454409.jpg) > [I don't really talk about my process very much, because I feel like if I give something away, it might not come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-don-t-really-talk-about-my-process-very-much-because-i-feel-like-if/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/meryl-streep-1078_feels_i-don-t-really-talk-about-my-process-ver_1373676.jpg) > [If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-you-make-the-tough-decisions-people-will-hate-you-today-but-they/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/meryl-streep-1078_decision_if-you-make-the-tough-decisions-people-w_851968.jpg) > [A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/a-man-has-always-been-seen-as-someone-who-works-hard-and-has-a-full/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/meryl-streep-1078_career_a-man-has-always-been-seen-as-someone-wh_1671901.jpg) > [They were showing clips from my earlier films. All I could see was this beautiful young woman who was anxious about whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/they-were-showing-clips-from-my-earlier-films-all-i-could-see-was/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/meryl-streep-1078_anxious_they-were-showing-clips-from-my-earlier_1623298.jpg) > [In my own life, I have noticed when I have been meeting directors, that the same sentence with the same inflection can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/in-my-own-life-i-have-noticed-when-i-have-been-meeting-directors-that/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/meryl-streep-1078_directors_in-my-own-life-i-have-noticed-when-i-hav_449786.jpg) > [I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/meryl-streep-1078_children_i-do-honestly-think-that-if-women-were-r_36678.jpg) > [What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/what-led-me-to-that-was-i-have-never-i-mean-i-watch-movies-and-i-don/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/meryl-streep-1078_building_what-led-me-to-that-was-i-have-never-i-m_2100352.jpg) > [All an actor has, I think, is their heart, really,...that's the place you go for your inspiration. If my heart wasn't filled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/all-an-actor-has-i-think-is-their-heart-really-that-s-the-place-you/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/meryl-streep-1078_actor_all-an-actor-has-i-think-is-their-heart_488138.jpg) > [And it interferes with your ability to be a good actress if you're constantly aware of yourself as a person. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/and-it-interferes-with-your-ability-to-be-a-good-actress-if-you-re/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/meryl-streep-1078_ability_and-it-interferes-with-your-ability-to-b_2369805.jpg) > [Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food! Everything else - power, influence, strength - all those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/everything-that-truly-makes-us-happy-is-quite-simple-love-sex-and/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/meryl-streep-1078_care_everything-that-truly-makes-us-happy-is_2219402.jpg) > [If you raise children, you forget what age they are. I mean you don't literally forget, but you treat a 13-year-old like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-you-raise-children-you-forget-what-age-they-are-i-mean-you-don-t/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/meryl-streep-1078_age_if-you-raise-children-you-forget-what-ag_531983.jpg) > [Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/women-are-better-at-acting-then-men-why-because-we-have-to-be-if/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/meryl-streep-1078_acting_women-are-better-at-acting-then-men-why_2647508.jpg) > [If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-you-have-been-touched-by-the-success-fairy-people-think-you-know/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/meryl-streep-1078_bounds_if-you-have-been-touched-by-the-success_1170228.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/meryl-streep/#itemlist", "name": "20 Ifs Quotes By Meryl Streep", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have a brain, you are obliged to use it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meryl Streep" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-you-have-a-brain-you-are-obliged-to-use-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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