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Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress of theater, film and television.
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βI don't really. In our business, you're not kicked out necessarily β¦β
βNo! But they were here [in Los Angeles]. Here they were surprised, because it was difficult to finance, the film. A lot of the executives would say, 'I just don't get it.'β
βHalf of me is Streep and the other half is Wilkinson from Lincolnshire so I come by it honestly, this part.β
βI am so daunted by [reputation] that I never think about it. It is a thing bigger than I am capable of perceiving. Other people are more aware and concerned with it than I could ever allow myself to be.β
βI don't know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin's Room, and one really smart young woman journalist said to me "You know, what I told people I was going to interview Meryl Streep, they were so excited...all ze woman in my office, they love you so much. But ze men - they are afraid of you."β
β[On the situation for women in Afghanistan] Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman. A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face, she may chase a squirrel in the park. [...] A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today because the public parks have been closed to women and girls by the Taliban.
A bird may sing in Kabul, but a girl may not in public. This is extraordinary. This is a suppression of the natural law.
The way that this culture, this society has been upended, is a cautionary tale for the rest of the world.β
A bird may sing in Kabul, but a girl may not in public. This is extraordinary. This is a suppression of the natural law.
The way that this culture, this society has been upended, is a cautionary tale for the rest of the world.β
βI'm so sorry to hear this, but this is what it is. It makes it feels like it's sort of my fault on some level, but it also connect be to those events, those first encounters between the two cultures must have been raw, terrifying, brutal and final. conflicts in early American history, known as King Philipβs War, or Metacomβs War, Lawrence Wilkinson defended his town in the face of fierce violence from the Native Americans.β
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Meryl Streep on Empathy
βThe great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.β
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Gillian Anderson on Meryl Streep
βOne of my only role models as a young woman was Meryl Streep and, specifically, her character in Out of Africa. I would watch the movie whenever I needed inspiration because Ms. Streep so brilliantly portrayed an incredibly courageous woman who stands alone to save her plantation. Her performance and the strength of her character were tangible examples of how I wanted to be in the world, and I soaked it in and learned from her experience.β
Nick Britten on Meryl Streep
βStreep, who was born in New Jersey, is known to have historic family ties to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.β
Michael Cimino on Meryl Streep
βMeryl Streep could obviously have made it to the screen on looks alone. The camera embraces her. Lucky camera. Many women would kill for her slender, fashion-model figure, for that ash-blond hair, oval face, porcelain skin and those high, exquisite cheekbones. Her eyes mirror intelligence; their pale blue sparkle demands a new adjective: 'merulean]. Only a slight bump down the plane of her long, patrician nose redeems her profile from perfection.β
Viola Davis on Meryl Streep
βEven [being] in a rehearsal period, with Meryl Streep watching, is a behind-tightening experience.β
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βI no longer have patience for certain things, not because Iβve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and thatβs why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.β
About Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress of theater, film and television.