Quotes

“Personality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes.” Meryl Streep

“For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.” Meryl Streep

“The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.” Meryl Streep

“Expensive clothes are a waste of money.” Meryl Streep

“You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.” Meryl Streep

“It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.” Meryl Streep

“I want to feel my life while I'm in it.” Meryl Streep

“Instant gratification is not soon enough.” Meryl Streep

“My family really does come first. It always did and always will.” Meryl Streep

“All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.” Meryl Streep

“I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.” Meryl Streep

“I need to go where people are serious about acting.” Meryl Streep

“If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.” Meryl Streep

“There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.” Meryl Streep

“I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.” 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 Streep

“The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.” Meryl Streep

“People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.” Meryl Streep

“The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is.” Meryl Streep

“I 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 Streep

“I 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 Streep

“It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.” Meryl Streep

“The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.” Meryl Streep

“Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.” Meryl Streep

“I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.” Meryl Streep

“I'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 Streep

“Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.” Meryl Streep

“I 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 Streep

“I'm all over the place.” Meryl Streep

“All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.” Meryl Streep