All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.
Meryl StreepThe work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.
Meryl StreepEveryone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up.
Meryl StreepWhat led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the protagonist. I feel what that guy is feeling. You know, if it's Tom Cruise leaping over a building - I want to make it, you know? And I'm going to - yes, I made it. And yeah, so I get that.
Meryl Streep