I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
If you raise children, you forget what age they are. I mean you don't literally forget, but you treat a 13-year-old like… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I really think there's a difference between how men critics see things than how women tend to. And I don't want to… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the… — 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 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
As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
First I'm going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech they play him out… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
~When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I've been making a lot of pasta. It's easy. There are unusual tastes that you can combine. I cook because my kids… — 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
