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
Some people hold themselves above the fashion business but are still complicit and fall prey to it. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was, perhaps, or had some... racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
How do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
People at agencies and studios, including the parent boards, might look around the table at the decision-making level and feel something is… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. I am curious to the point of being nosy. What that means… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I don't know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin's Room, and one really smart young woman journalist… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize that each day… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I don't have very much interest in trends and fashions. I don't follow the fashion shows and stuff like that into my… — 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
Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
On every film, the clothes are half the battle in creating the character. I have a great deal of opinion about how… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I have a lot of people to thank and I'm going to be one of those people that tries to mention a… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
It's sort of my fun to sing along with records and imitate people who are on the telephone that have different ways… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
You can't strategize falling in love, can you? It's never worked. People love you the most and set you up, and it… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. — 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