I think we reserve a special place in our hearts for women who dare to try and be powerful, or occupy a special elevated place in society or when they are 'the bosses'. I think we really don't like it as a society and we have a harsh view of them. We look much harder at them, than the millions of men who aspire to the same positions and I can't figure that out.
Meryl StreepWe are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8.
Meryl StreepI get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.
Meryl StreepI have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.
Meryl StreepWithout question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite thing you've ever done was Linda or Sophie. And they were a particular kind of very feminine, recessive kind of personality. So they fell in love with her, but they didn't feel the story through her body.
Meryl Streep