Streep Movies Quotes & Sayings

Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there's no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she's riding instincts, she's riding impulses. And she trusts that. — Jeff Daniels

I definitely look up to Meryl Streep because she's been in so many amazing movies, and I just think that she's one of the greatest actresses out there. I also look up to Jennifer Lawrence, especially knowing her and knowing that she is so awesome and so nice. — Willow Shields

I've always wanted to be a Meryl Streep or a Natalie Portman. I want to do all kinds of different movies, to be a chameleon. I don't want to limit myself. — Hayden Panettiere

But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things. — Lee Ann Womack

I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies. — Meryl Streep

If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster. — William McNamara

Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH. — Rick Bayan

I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself. — Meryl Streep

Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies. — Truman Capote

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star. — Ed Begley Jr.

No one can be compelled by law to be beneficent (though he may be taxed and this money then distributed in welfare payments), — Immanuel Kant

It's harder for men to imagine themselves as the girl in the movies than it is for me to imagine myself as Daniel Craig bringing down the building. — Meryl Streep

After 10 years of eating vegetarian, I tried my boyfriend's. I was overwhelmed. It was orgasmic. — Jessica Szohr

The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed. — Meryl Streep

Well, I got better after this, and my entire family really did appreciate it. Usually, they're resentful of movies that I go off and make, but this one had a bonus attached. But yeah, she had no breath. — Meryl Streep

Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed. — Daphne Zuniga

What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the protagonist. I feel what that guy is feeling. You know, if it's Tom Cruise leaping over a building - I want to make it, you know? And I'm going to - yes, I made it. And yeah, so I get that. — Meryl Streep

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life. — Meryl Streep

To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit. — Maya Angelou

Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is repaid in flattery. — Samuel Johnson

Ariana Grande was on a TV show, and then she started her career singing. If I'm offered a TV show, I'm going to pursue that and then see if I can push my singing. And then if I push my singing, awesome. My biggest goal, though? Be an actress in movies. I would love to have a career like Meryl Streep's someday. — Lele Pons

I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy. — Paul Johnson

Well, it has to do with very deep things, because it might be that imagining yourself as a girl is a diminishment. But it is something that when I made "The Devil Wears Prada" it was the first time in my life, 30 years of making movies, that a man came up and said I know how you felt. I know how you felt. I have a job like that. People understand. — Meryl Streep

I didn't truly understand the depth of my roots until I was old enough to wonder and care. — Aeriel Miranda