All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.
Meryl StreepHow do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of the voice but it's also important to me, in the case of [playing] someone who is controversial, to get the outlines of the character right because how they present themselves to the world has a great deal to do with how people feel about them.
Meryl StreepThe formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
Meryl Streep