Mother Quotes by Meryl Streep

11 Mother quotes by Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep’s observations on motherhood carry the same depth she brings to her roles—rich, layered, and often surprising. Across eleven succinct statements she captures the contradictions, joys, and quiet power that define a mother’s life.

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The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

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You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

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Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

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I own one pair of Prada shoes. They make my feet hurt... It's not the shoes' fault; they are exquisitely made. I…

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I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside…

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Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

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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…

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I think that you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's…

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Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work,…

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My mother was someone that walked into a room and lit it up. She made friends easily and she communicated her enthusiasms…

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Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even…

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Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.

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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.…

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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…

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I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.

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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…

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People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

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You have to embrace getting older

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