Meryl Streep
I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.
Meryl StreepI didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
Meryl StreepPeople say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.
Meryl StreepI'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.
Meryl StreepEvery single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.
Meryl StreepI have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.
Meryl StreepHow you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception.
Meryl StreepAmerica doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.
Meryl StreepI believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.
Meryl StreepI have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.
Meryl StreepObsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.
Meryl StreepThe great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.
Meryl StreepI had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.
Meryl StreepI don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.
Meryl StreepPersonality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes.
Meryl StreepI'm all over the place.
Meryl StreepYou win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.
Meryl StreepI have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work.
Meryl StreepI have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
Meryl StreepSometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me.
Meryl StreepI have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.
Meryl StreepMy feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.
Meryl StreepI want to feel my life while I'm in it.
Meryl StreepChris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.
Meryl StreepThe progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.
Meryl Streep