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Meryl Streep

19 quotes

The quotes of Meryl Streep have been shared, printed, and passed along for good reason. Whether reflecting on Movies or Home, Meryl Streep brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Our collection holds 20 quotes from Meryl Streep, each offering a different angle on Movies, Home, Family, Business, and Work. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician."

“Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.”

— Meryl Streep

Business

All Quotes by Meryl Streep

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

— Meryl Streep

Faith

“The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.”

— Meryl Streep

Business

“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

Work

“America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.”

— Meryl Streep

Age

“There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.”

— Meryl Streep

Family

“I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.”

— Meryl Streep

Home

“It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.”

— Meryl Streep

Health

“My family really does come first. It always did and always will.”

— Meryl Streep

Family

“The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.”

— Meryl Streep

Parenting

“I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.”

— Meryl Streep

Imagination

“Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.”

— Meryl Streep

Business

“The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.”

— Meryl Streep

Movies

“I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.”

— Meryl Streep

Movies

“I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.”

— Meryl Streep

Movies

“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.”

— Meryl Streep

Mom

“I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.”

— Meryl Streep

Beauty

“Expensive clothes are a waste of money.”

— Meryl Streep

Money

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

— Meryl Streep

Great

“Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.”

— Meryl Streep

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