Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.
Meryl StreepI would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I donโt know if Iโll live that long.
Meryl StreepEvery single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.
Meryl StreepThe career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.
Meryl Streep