The work will stand, no matter what. — Meryl Streep

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work. — Meryl Streep

Tonight we light these candles to honor the value and the work of jyoti singh’s short, promising life, she was india’s daughter. Tonight she’s our daughter too. — Meryl Streep

I have four to five months, tops!, per year to give to my acting work. — Meryl Streep

Acting has to reach everybody on some level–it’s a communication of feeling–but as far as judging the work is concerned, it is, I think, something that actors know about. — Meryl Streep

You can’t get spoiled if you do your own ironing. — Meryl Streep

I think your self emerges more clearly over time. — Meryl Streep

Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn’t be happy if I were home all the time. — Meryl Streep

Don’t waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind–numbing, boring, idiotic, self–destructive diversion from the fun of living. — Meryl Streep

Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time. — Meryl Streep

This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There’s only change and resistance to it and then more change. — Meryl Streep

Instant gratification is not soon enough. — Meryl Streep

I was offered, within one year, three different witch roles. It was almost like the world was saying–or the studios were saying–’We don’t know what to do with you.’ — Meryl Streep

He gave this world a beautiful masterpiece. — Meryl Streep

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world. — Meryl Streep

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

You can’t suppress the things that make us human. It’s pointless to try. — Meryl Streep

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. — Meryl Streep

I need to go where people are serious about acting. — 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

Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. — Meryl Streep

Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other. — Meryl Streep

I would never say don’t do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express. — Meryl Streep

I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life. — Meryl Streep

Singing and acting are very similar. Singing makes you reach into your deepest feelings. Singing is an extension of everything that you do when you’re acting. — Meryl Streep

I have a very good life–I’m lucky enough not to be deprived. — Meryl Streep

I have always regarded myself as the pIllar of my lIfe. — Meryl Streep

Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life. — Meryl Streep

America doesn’t reward people of my age, either in day–to–day life or for their performances. — 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

It kind of broke my heart when i saw It, and i still can’t get It out of my head, because It wasn’t in a movie. It was real 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

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

I thInk everybody In thIs cast consIders themselves actors who can sIng, and we got better at It. I certaInly became a better sInger by the end of It. — Meryl Streep

No one has ever asked an actor, ‘You’re playing a strong–minded man…’ We assume that men are strong–minded, or have opinions. But a strong–minded woman is a different animal. — Meryl Streep