The idea that people do very bad things for sometimes very good reasons, feels reasons.
MERYL STREEPThe idea that people do very bad things for sometimes very good reasons, feels reasons.
MERYL STREEPThe formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
MERYL STREEPWhat makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.
MERYL STREEPEmpathy is at the heart of the actor’s art.
MERYL STREEPFear focuses the mind.
MERYL STREEPMy success has depended wholly on putting things over on people, so I’m not sure that I’m that great a role model. I am, however, an expert on pretending to be an expert on pretending to be an expert.
MERYL STREEPJumpsuits for men are always so difficult when you get to that one area.
MERYL STREEPThat is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.
MERYL STREEPYou have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you’ve lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.
MERYL STREEPIf I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won’t even try.
MERYL STREEPAll an actor has, I think, is their heart, really,…that’s the place you go for your inspiration. If my heart wasn’t filled with them, where would I get stuff? What would I have to express?
MERYL STREEPI didn’t go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me. I really do.
MERYL STREEPThe best thing about acting is when you’re playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that moment. That’s when you know you’ve been succeeded at what you’ve worked very hard to accomplish in your profession. Those are the truly thrilling moments.
MERYL STREEPThe work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is.
MERYL STREEPPeople will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?
MERYL STREEPEverything that truly makes us happy is quite simple – love, sex and food!
MERYL STREEP