Meryl Streep Actors Quotations

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.

Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.

I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

When you're an actor and there's no music, you have to sort of bring it all yourself.

The key to every actor is deep, deep insecurity.

Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need - and it's wonderful in that way. And when it's right, you're lost in the moment.

Being an actor lets me be a million different things.

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.