Meryl Streep

The higher you go, the more you're going to grieve.

I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy.

Motherhood changed me because it actually made me a more patient person.

Integration is the best cure for prejudice.

I think we all do our bit without thinking much about it.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Theater is the most rewarding form of acting.

Age is a great equalizer.

Empathy is at the heart of good acting.

I believe in the power of stories to change the world.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a million dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

We need to support the arts for the sake of our children.

Perfection is boring.

I love the smell of opportunity in the morning.

Acting is a way of exploring human nature.

Life is too short to be anything but kind.

Women have to be twice as good to be thought half as good.

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing.