I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The fairy tale that really scared me was Bluebeard. That's the one where he just kills one after another of these woman,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
So it's not a thing that's a struggle. It's work, but it's not a struggle. It's fun. And she had a very… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I think that you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's… — 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
And it interferes with your ability to be a good actress if you're constantly aware of yourself as a person. To me,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
That's my way in the very beginning - how to enter it [a role]. Very quickly in the process, I don't think… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I think it is typical for many men to have problems when their wives make more money then they do, or when… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through… — 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
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
I think that we pay much more attention to fashion and our hair, skin and foreheads, our abdominal muscles and shoes than… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work,… — 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