Meryl Streep

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

Meryl Streep

We all make the mistake thinking that how you look makes you more worthy of love.

Meryl Streep

When your kids come home, they don’t necessarily want to talk to you – they just want to know you’re standing there ready to talk.

Meryl Streep

You 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 Streep

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It’s the lesson I get from my husband; he just says ‘keep going.’ Start by starting.

Meryl Streep

A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the same opportunity and not have any stigma attached to them if they choose to pursue their careers.

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

Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it’s letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need – and it’s wonderful in that way. And when it’s right, you’re lost in the moment.

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

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

Meryl Streep