A Quote by Octavia Spencer

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.

Octavia Spencer

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Octavia Spencer
American - Actress
Born: May 25, 1970

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. And as an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. And unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.

Octavia Spencer

Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.

Jennifer Coolidge

I wanna meet Meryl Streep, so she can be my mama. I want Meryl Streep to be my mom in a movie.

Tiffany Haddish

Meryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be.

Michelle Obama

How will I become Meryl Streep if I can't even get in the door with Jennifer Lawrence for the same role? I think that it starts with casting directors and executives and studio heads opening up their minds, and really putting an effort into being trans inclusive in their projects, whether they're trans-specific or not.

Trace Lysette

If you're a boxer, you want to get the ring with a Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali type. When you're acting, you want to get in with Meryl Streep, and that's what I did.

Viola Davis

I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails.

Cher

I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we run to the theater to see what he's up to, and with such delicious excitement. The same goes for Meryl Streep.

Rosemarie DeWitt

At a party recently I was introduced to Meryl Streep, and it took me a second to get my head around it. You know, that I'm meeting these people now. I'm doing it.

Lily Collins

I will never be a Robert De Niro or Meryl Streep, the kind of actor that disappears into a role.

Leslie Jordan

In high school, I had a wonderful teacher who, coincidentally also taught Meryl Streep before me. At the same time I had my own rock band, I played bass and sang. I was one of those kids who really enjoyed being with my friends and doing rather insane, but fun, creative things.

Roger Bart

Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.

Carrie Fisher

I used to watch 'Death Becomes Her,' and I knew I wanted to become Meryl Streep.

Jinkx Monsoon

I had an existential crisis at the Oscars, sitting next to Sean Penn and Meryl Streep, and being like, 'What am I doing here? I don't belong here'. I felt like it could all be taken away.