--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Meryl Streep" description: "17 Want quotes by Meryl Streep. Plus more from Meryl Streep and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/meryl-streep-1078_life_i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it-1_1497096.jpg" --- > [I want to feel my life while I'm in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/meryl-streep-1078_life_i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it-1_1497096.jpg) > [Anyone who wants to achieve something, needs a lot of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/anyone-who-wants-to-achieve-something-needs-a-lot-of-work/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/meryl-streep-1078_achieve_anyone-who-wants-to-achieve-something-ne_2063574.jpg) > [I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-like-who-i-am-now-other-people-may-not-i-m-comfortable-i-feel-freer/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/meryl-streep-1078_feel_i-like-who-i-am-now-other-people-may-not_312404.jpg) > [~When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/when-your-kids-come-home-they-don-t-necessarily-want-to-talk-to-you/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/meryl-streep-1078_child_when-your-kids-come-home-they-don-t-nece_2725918.jpg) > [People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/people-want-what-they-want-sometimes-you-just-have-to-walk-in/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/meryl-streep-1078_being-yourself_people-want-what-they-want-sometimes-you_760612.jpg) > [As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/as-there-begins-to-be-less-time-ahead-of-you-you-want-to-be-exactly/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/meryl-streep-1078_ahead_as-there-begins-to-be-less-time-ahead-of_2261635.jpg) > [I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-do-honestly-think-that-if-women-were-running-the-world-there-would/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/meryl-streep-1078_children_i-do-honestly-think-that-if-women-were-r_36678.jpg) > [What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/what-led-me-to-that-was-i-have-never-i-mean-i-watch-movies-and-i-don/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/meryl-streep-1078_building_what-led-me-to-that-was-i-have-never-i-m_2100352.jpg) > [Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/acting-is-being-susceptible-to-what-is-around-you-and-it-s-letting-it/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/meryl-streep-1078_acting_acting-is-being-susceptible-to-what-is-a_3007823.jpg) > [I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-separated-myself-in-prada-because-i-didn-t-want-to-have-fun-they/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/meryl-streep-1078_blunt_i-separated-myself-in-prada-because-i-di_539950.jpg) > [First I'm going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech they play him out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/first-i-m-going-to-thank-don-because-when-you-thank-your-husband-at/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/meryl-streep-1078_communication_first-i-m-going-to-thank-don-because-whe_2432103.jpg) > [I've been making a lot of pasta. It's easy. There are unusual tastes that you can combine. I cook because my kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-ve-been-making-a-lot-of-pasta-it-s-easy-there-are-unusual-tastes/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/meryl-streep-1078_certain_i-ve-been-making-a-lot-of-pasta-it-s-eas_3083334.jpg) > [Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/women-are-better-at-acting-then-men-why-because-we-have-to-be-if/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/meryl-streep-1078_acting_women-are-better-at-acting-then-men-why_2647508.jpg) > [I say to myself, 'I don't know how to act - and why does anybody want to look at me on-screen anymore?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-say-to-myself-i-don-t-know-how-to-act-and-why-does-anybody-want-to/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/meryl-streep-1078_actors_i-say-to-myself-i-don-t-know-how-to-act_2257991.jpg) > [One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. I am curious to the point of being nosy. What that means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/one-of-the-most-important-keys-to-acting-is-curiosity-i-am-curious-to/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/meryl-streep-1078_acting_one-of-the-most-important-keys-to-acting_2154574.jpg) > [I really think there's a difference between how men critics see things than how women tend to. And I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-really-think-there-s-a-difference-between-how-men-critics-see/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/meryl-streep-1078_certain_i-really-think-there-s-a-difference-betw_573355.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/if-you-raise-children-you-forget-what-age-they-are-i-mean-you-don-t/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/meryl-streep-1078_age_if-you-raise-children-you-forget-what-ag_531983.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Meryl Streep > [Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/sometimes-it-s-easier-for-people-who-are-in-authority-to-be/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-do-honestly-think-that-if-women-were-running-the-world-there-would/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/my-feeling-about-fears-is-if-you-voice-your-fears-they-may-come-true/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-work-itself-is-the-reward-and-if-i-choose-challenging-work-it-ll/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/this-act-of-empathy-that-women-go-through-from-the-time-we-re-little/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/some-men-can-maintain-cragginess-and-weary-masculinity-women-just-get/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/well-i-got-better-after-this-and-my-entire-family-really-did/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/acting-is-not-about-being-someone-different-it-s-finding-the/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-didn-t-really-like-opera-i-liked-cheerleading-and-boys-and-later/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/life-is-all-about-making-choices-and-i-m-very-happy-with-mine-i-have/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even my mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/leave-me-to-the-thing-i-love-i-love-acting-but-being-called-the/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-have-a-very-busy-life-and-not-many-people-who-have-a-career-and/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-go-to-a-lot-of-movies-where-people-are-all-around-me-laughing-and-i/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/people-say-when-you-have-children-everything-changes-but-maybe-things/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [You have to embrace getting older](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/you-have-to-embrace-getting-older/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/meryl-streep/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Meryl Streep", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to feel my life while I'm in it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meryl Streep" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/meryl-streep-1078_life_i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it-1_1497096.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/meryl-streep-1078_life_i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it-1_1497096.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/meryl-streep-1078_life_i-want-to-feel-my-life-while-i-m-in-it-1_1497096.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to feel my life while I'm in it.” — Meryl Streep", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anyone who wants to achieve something, needs a lot of work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meryl Streep" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/anyone-who-wants-to-achieve-something-needs-a-lot-of-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/meryl-streep-1078_achieve_anyone-who-wants-to-achieve-something-ne_2063574.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/meryl-streep-1078_achieve_anyone-who-wants-to-achieve-something-ne_2063574.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/meryl-streep-1078_achieve_anyone-who-wants-to-achieve-something-ne_2063574.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anyone who wants to achieve something, needs a lot of work.” — Meryl Streep", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like who I am now. 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