I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
Meryl StreepSometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.
Meryl StreepThere is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.
Meryl StreepI don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.
Meryl StreepWhen I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.
Meryl StreepI'm in show business. I believe in illusion and delusions and in holding aloft the bubble of a dream of some sort because, really, there are lots of reasons to look at the chasm. But art and music, these ineffables, they're just - they're the consolations of what human beings can create and make, and delight is accessible, you know, should you care to find it.
Meryl Streep