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title: "28 Way Quotes By Meryl Streep"
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> [ The first thing \[in career and motherhood\] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-first-thing-in-career-and-motherhood-is-a-great-husband-that-i/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/acting-is-my-way-of-investigating-human-nature-and-having-fun-at-the/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/you-can-be-afraid-in-a-press-conference-nervous-sweaty-but-you-can-t/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/when-i-was-younger-i-spent-way-too-much-time-thinking-about-me-being/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [It's sort of my fun to sing along with records and imitate people who are on the telephone that have different ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/it-s-sort-of-my-fun-to-sing-along-with-records-and-imitate-people-who/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/everyone-tries-to-look-a-cookie-cutter-kind-of-way-and-actually-the/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-had-this-sort-of-idolatry-for-certain-actors-who-preceded-me-people/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-formula-of-happiness-and-success-is-just-being-actually-yourself/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [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/)

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> [When I was in - at Vassar, and I came from a public high school in New Jersey, there was - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/when-i-was-in-at-vassar-and-i-came-from-a-public-high-school-in-new/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/the-career-i-chose-was-a-drama-major-in-college-at-yale-when-i-played/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [It's a good thing to imagine yourself doing something you think you can't. I do that every day because, basically, if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/it-s-a-good-thing-to-imagine-yourself-doing-something-you-think-you/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [ That's my way in the very beginning - how to enter it \[a role\]. Very quickly in the process, I don't think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/that-s-my-way-in-the-very-beginning-how-to-enter-it-a-role-very/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [I think that you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-think-that-you-find-your-own-way-you-have-your-own-rules-you-have/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [ But for me, it \[singing\] was a way to get out the feeling of the song, and also to get out the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/but-for-me-it-singing-was-a-way-to-get-out-the-feeling-of-the-song/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [We need art as much as we need good works. You need it like food. You need it for inspiration to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/we-need-art-as-much-as-we-need-good-works-you-need-it-like-food-you/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-never-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-and-i-ve-been-really-really/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [ And she \[Margaret Thatcher\] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/and-she-margaret-thatcher-also-had-a-sort-of-a-way-like-a-railroad/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [And it took to "The Devil Wears Prada" to play someone tough, who had to make hard decisions, who was running an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/and-it-took-to-the-devil-wears-prada-to-play-someone-tough-who-had-to/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [Well, she's so alive, Julia Child. And Margaret is so - is so designed. She's so intent upon making her point. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/well-she-s-so-alive-julia-child-and-margaret-is-so-is-so-designed-she/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [For young women, I would say don't worry so much about your weight. Girls spend way too much time thinking about that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/for-young-women-i-would-say-don-t-worry-so-much-about-your-weight/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/i-feel-much-more-comfortable-dressed-in-jeans-and-a-t-shirt-i-m/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [You are thinking about where your brain is at any time. It's very tricky but it's why women are very well suited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/you-are-thinking-about-where-your-brain-is-at-any-time-it-s-very/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [When criticism comes your way as an actor they are not criticizing your writing or your painting or your piece, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/when-criticism-comes-your-way-as-an-actor-they-are-not-criticizing/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [To imagine myself in different ways comes from my beginnings in the theatre. People are more accepting when you go 'apparently', 'wildly'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/to-imagine-myself-in-different-ways-comes-from-my-beginnings-in-the/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/so-it-s-not-a-thing-that-s-a-struggle-it-s-work-but-it-s-not-a/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [In other characters, it's driven by insecurity, or it's driven by fear, or - there's always a driver. And all the physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/in-other-characters-it-s-driven-by-insecurity-or-it-s-driven-by-fear/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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