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Meryl Streep, born Mary Louise Streep on June 22, 1949, in Summit, New Jersey, is an American actress celebrated for her versatile roles and exceptional acting skills. She achieved widespread acclaim for her portrayal of Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" (1982), earning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. more Meryl Streep, born Mary Louise Streep on June 22, 1949, in Summit, New Jersey, is an American actress celebrated for her versatile roles and exceptional acting skills. She achieved widespread acclaim for her portrayal of Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" (1982), earning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Streep's role as Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006) further cemented her status as a leading actress in Hollywood. In 2011, she won her third Academy Award for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." With a career spanning over four decades, she holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations, with 21 nods. less

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"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there "
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"The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself "
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"I follow the way the wind blows. I could never have expected my life to change as it did, so I never asked for it. I never asked for fame; I asked for work."
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"You can’t suppress the things that make us human—it’s always there."
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"I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself."
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"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."
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"Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head."
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"Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life"
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"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials"
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"You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing"
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"Take your broken heart, make it into art"
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"The formula of happiness and success is just being actually yourself in the most vivid possible way you can."
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