Meryl Streep Giving Quotations

I don't really talk about my process very much, because I feel like if I give something away, it might not come back.

I feel very strongly that we make decisions about what we're giving to the world, what we're withholding from the world, by virtue of what we put on our bodies.

I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.

I get nervous the more time I have to think about something so I deliberately don't give myself too much time between jobs. I take a big break and then I start working again usually.

I say to myself, 'I don't know how to act - and why does anybody want to look at me on-screen anymore?' ... Lots of actors feel that way. What gives you strength is also your weakness - your raging insecurity.

I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work.