I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
We all make the mistake thinking that how you look makes you more worthy of love. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I do think sometimes when scrolling through the TV and there's something on and I look at it and I think oh,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Sometimes you look out the window and you look at all the windows, and think inside very single one of them is… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I say to myself, 'I don't know how to act - and why does anybody want to look at me on-screen anymore?'… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I think we reserve a special place in our hearts for women who dare to try and be powerful, or occupy a… — 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
I feel much more comfortable dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. I'm wearing very fancy clothes today. It's Valentino. But the film… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I'm in show business. I believe in illusion and delusions and in holding aloft the bubble of a dream of some sort… — 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
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… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
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