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 get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I’m more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.

Meryl Streep

I get nervous the more time I have to think about something so I deliberately don’t give myself too much time between jobs. I take a big break and then I start working again usually.

Meryl Streep

I guess a normal woman would find it extremely enjoyable to wear fancy clothes. For me, I didn’t enjoy it. It felt like a straight jacket.

Meryl Streep

I had a number of great teachers and the ones that really were the strongest influences on me were women. They were really, really smart and interesting women.

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 have a pretty good idea of what I am not good at and have it front and centre of my consciousness every minute I am doing it.

Meryl Streep

I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.

Meryl Streep

I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It’s like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I have great friends who are wonderful singers, and I know I’ll never be able to do that. But singing through a character is something I can do.

Meryl Streep

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

Meryl Streep