Meryl Streep Biography

On herself:
“No matter what happens, my work will stand.”

“I hate smoking, it stinks.”

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

On acting:
“Let’s face it, we were all once three-year-olds who stood in the middle of the living room and everybody thought we were so adorable. Only some of us grow up and get paid for it.”

“I love doing comedy but people just don’t give me enough of a chance. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (2004) so much. It’s because I actually get a chance to be funny.”

“It’s a lesson I learned in drama school: the teacher asks, ‘How do you be queen?’ and everybody says ‘Oh it’s about posture and authority’. The teacher says, ‘No, it’s about how the air in the room shifts when you walk in. And that’s everybody else’s work’.”

Others:
“You can’t get spoiled if you do your own ironing.”

“Oh boy, no matter how much you try to imagine what this is like, it’s just incredibly thrilling, right down to your toes.” [On winning the 1983 Best Actress Oscar for ‘Sophie’s Choice’ (1982)]