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title: "29 Knows Quotes By Meryl Streep"
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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [~When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/when-your-kids-come-home-they-don-t-necessarily-want-to-talk-to-you/)

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> [When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/when-they-called-my-name-i-had-this-feeling-i-could-hear-half-of/)

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

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> [I do know that we have delusions about ourselves in what we sound like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-do-know-that-we-have-delusions-about-ourselves-in-what-we-sound-like/)

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

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> [I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-get-nervous-calling-myself-an-artist-i-feel-i-m-more-like-an/)

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

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> [The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-best-thing-about-acting-is-when-you-re-playing-a-scene-and-you/)

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> [You can have a perfectly horrible day where you doubt your talent... Or that you're boring and they're going to find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/you-can-have-a-perfectly-horrible-day-where-you-doubt-your-talent-or/)

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> [I have a lot of people to thank and I'm going to be one of those people that tries to mention a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-have-a-lot-of-people-to-thank-and-i-m-going-to-be-one-of-those/)

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> [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/)

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> [Acting has to reach everybody on some level - it's a communication of feeling - but as far as judging the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/acting-has-to-reach-everybody-on-some-level-it-s-a-communication-of/)

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> [ But for me, it \[singing\] was a way to get out the feeling of the song, and also to get out the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/but-for-me-it-singing-was-a-way-to-get-out-the-feeling-of-the-song/)

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

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> [The biggest lesson I learned in my career was to ask other people what they make because the men usually make more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-biggest-lesson-i-learned-in-my-career-was-to-ask-other-people/)

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

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> [ She \[Barbra Streisand\] was just - we can't know what we mean to each other. You know, artists, you can't know -… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/she-barbra-streisand-was-just-we-can-t-know-what-we-mean-to-each/)

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

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> [Well, it has to do with very deep things, because it might be that imagining yourself as a girl is a diminishment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/well-it-has-to-do-with-very-deep-things-because-it-might-be-that/)

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

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> [Without question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/without-question-of-the-heterosexual-men-that-i-ve-spoken-to-over-the/)

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> [I don't know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin's Room, and one really smart young woman journalist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-don-t-know-what-my-image-is-i-went-to-france-to-publicize-marvin-s/)

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> [ And she \[Margaret Thatcher\] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/and-she-margaret-thatcher-also-had-a-sort-of-a-way-like-a-railroad/)

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> [You know, you're not aware of it, but you're following the action of the film through the body of the protagonist, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/you-know-you-re-not-aware-of-it-but-you-re-following-the-action-of/)

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

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> [I really think there's a difference between how men critics see things than how women tend to. And I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-really-think-there-s-a-difference-between-how-men-critics-see/)

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> [Well, she's so alive, Julia Child. And Margaret is so - is so designed. She's so intent upon making her point. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/well-she-s-so-alive-julia-child-and-margaret-is-so-is-so-designed-she/)

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> [First I'm going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech they play him out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/first-i-m-going-to-thank-don-because-when-you-thank-your-husband-at/)

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> [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/)

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> [Most of the great practitioners of the art of acting know exactly what they're doing; even in the best, most successful moments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/most-of-the-great-practitioners-of-the-art-of-acting-know-exactly/)

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> [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/)

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> [I say to myself, 'I don't know how to act - and why does anybody want to look at me on-screen anymore?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-say-to-myself-i-don-t-know-how-to-act-and-why-does-anybody-want-to/)

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> [I'm in show business. I believe in illusion and delusions and in holding aloft the bubble of a dream of some sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-m-in-show-business-i-believe-in-illusion-and-delusions-and-in/)

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> [Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/integrate-what-you-believe-in-every-single-area-of-your-life-take/)

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## Other authors on Knows

## 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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