People Quotes by Meryl Streep
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Sometimes it's easier for people in authority to be authoritarian, because they know where they stand. She also talks about liking who she is now, feeling freer with age, and how those who look different often get noticed more than the cookie‑cutter crowd.
![“People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?” quote by Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/meryl-streep-1078_expectation_people-will-say-to-me-you-ve-played-so-m_359074.jpg)
![“How do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of the voice but it's also important to me, in the case of [playing] someone who is controversial, to get the outlines of the character right because how they present themselves to the world…” quote by Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/meryl-streep-1078_cases_how-do-i-do-that-preparation-for-film-ju_2076783.jpg)
![“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 ["Devil Wears Prada"] did not make me change my style. If anything, it has made me appreciate the people who do this every morning in a serious way, get dressed up and…” quote by Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/meryl-streep-1078_appreciate_i-feel-much-more-comfortable-dressed-in_2663524.jpg)
![“We don't like to talk about that in America, but there are classes in America. And she [Julia Child] was of a class of women who were wealthy, privately educated, went to Smith, moved in that sort of circle. She was conscripted into the OSS, which is the early CIA, which was all filled with Yalies…” quote by Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/meryl-streep-1078_america_we-don-t-like-to-talk-about-that-in-amer_1452252.jpg)
