- The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
- Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
- I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.
- No one has ever asked an actor, ‘You’re playing a strong-minded man…’ We assume that men are strong-minded, or have opinions. But a strong-minded woman is a different animal.
- I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.
- You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
- Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.
- I like who I am now. Other people may not. I’m comfortable. I feel freer now. I don’t want growing older to matter to me.
- The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
- This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There’s only change and resistance to it and then more change.
10 inspirational meryl streep quotes on success
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