We are who we’re going to be when we’re very old, and when we’re very old we are who we were when we were 8. – Meryl Streep
Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don’t think anything’s going to make a difference. – Meryl Streep
Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. – Meryl Streep
Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. – Meryl Streep
There are wonderfully talented actresses. It’s a really rich field. There isn’t as rich a field of material. – 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
The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it’s a completely random process. – 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
I’m older. There’s some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older. – Meryl Streep
If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won’t even try. – 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
Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I’m extremely undisciplined person. – Meryl Streep
I get a trickling few scripts that I’m lucky enough that some of them are great. I don’t get loads of scripts. – 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. – Meryl Streep
Interestingly, young people don’t come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you. – Meryl Streep
Don’t give up or give in in the face of patronising ridicule, amused disdain, or being ignored. – 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
Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time. – Meryl Streep
I remember, as I was hovering around 40, I thought each movie would be my last, really. – Meryl Streep
