There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it. Meryl Streep More Quotes by Meryl Streep More Quotes From Meryl Streep I own one pair of Prada shoes. They make my feet hurt... It's not the shoes' fault; they are exquisitely made. I blame my feet. I've got my mother's feet. Meryl Streep shoes hurt mother The fairy tale that really scared me was Bluebeard. That's the one where he just kills one after another of these woman, these wives, that he lures up to the castle. I just think about fairy tales as stories women told their children to warn them? To keep them safe, to make sure they married up, all the things that would have safeguarded them in the olden days. Meryl Streep wife children thinking They filled our lives so much, the films they were in made us laugh, think and cry. Through their work they shared a piece of our soul. We will miss them with the sadness with which we miss an old friend. Meryl Streep sadness laughing thinking You are thinking about where your brain is at any time. It's very tricky but it's why women are very well suited to rule the world in the future, because of the multi-tasking they do and their ability to be moving in 15 directions at once. It's the women who behave like men, who focus in that singular way with the blinkers on, who have problems. You get a lot more done that way maybe, but you also lose the perception of who's behind you, what's going on, the 360 degrees of it, the whole picture of life that we do have as women. Meryl Streep men moving thinking I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic of anything - but having said that, every person who has a big, important job and tries to have a family, has to make decisions every single minute. Meryl Streep decision jobs thinking I found it unbearable when I allow the song to meet the music, to allow the story to meet the music. Meryl Streep unbearable stories song I guess a normal woman would find it extremely enjoyable to wear fancy clothes. For me, I didn't enjoy it. It felt like a straight jacket. Meryl Streep fancy clothes normal You can't sing when you're upset. You can't sing when you're crying. You get all congested and disgusting. Meryl Streep disgusting upset cry In my own life, I have noticed when I have been meeting directors, that the same sentence with the same inflection can be said by a man, like: "Get me this." But if the same thing is said by a woman, it's seen as harsh and unacceptable. That always fascinates me. Meryl Streep harsh men directors I feel much more comfortable dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. I'm wearing very fancy clothes today. It's Valentino. But the film ["Devil Wears Prada"] did not make me change my style. If anything, it has made me appreciate the people who do this every morning in a serious way, get dressed up and really put together that look. I mean, wow. It's amazing. Meryl Streep jeans morning mean Teachers perform major miracles in America, daily. Meryl Streep miracle teacher america 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. Meryl Streep decision giving world Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand. Meryl Streep authority sometimes people I really worked very hard to bring my voice back because I used to have a good voice, and to try to do my exercises that I remember from Yale and all the things in the olden days, clearing your sinuses and all that. Meryl Streep voice yale exercise I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express. Meryl Streep acting kids thinking Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done. Meryl Streep actors done world The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in that way. Meryl Streep motherhood husband careers I've been making a lot of pasta. It's easy. There are unusual tastes that you can combine. I cook because my kids like a certain kind of thing and then they want it over and over. Meryl Streep taste want kids When my children were very young and I was working I had someone cooking for me. I don't have a cook now, I haven't had one for a number of years and I do it myself. But when they were all little it was hard to pay attention to everyone's homework at the end of the day and make dinner. Meryl Streep numbers children years You didn't have to work to keep your fear up, your energy up, or your anxiety. It is all kind of built into the process. Meryl Streep anxiety kind energy
