Top 193 Meryl Quotes & Sayings

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

I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep.

I have a weird crush on Meryl Streep.

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.

Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

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

As for actors, I'm hugely in awe of Cate Blanchett - and Meryl Streep, obviously.

What does it say, 'I beat Meryl.'

I love strong women like Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, and Charlize Theron.

Meryl Streep is on the program tonight. I like to throw her a little work whenever I can.

I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.

I love Meryl Streep.

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.

I never thought I would work with Meryl Streep. I also love Cate Blanchett.

I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.

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

I have the highest regard for Meryl Streep as an actress and think she's a fabulous person as well.

Cher can play Meryl's daughter, for all I'm concerned. Or her great-grandmother. She exists separate from time.

I wish I could be as commanding as Meryl Streep.

Meryl Streep is so brilliant is because she is so human, and aware as a performer.

I love Madhuri Dixit, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Sandra Bullock.

Meryl Streep is awesome.

Remember, FDA employees are serious about fear. We pay these people to panic about an iota of rodent hair in our chili, even when the recipe calls for it. FDA employees are first-class agonizers, world champions at losing sleep. When Meryl Streep got hysterical about Alar, they actually checked the apples instead of Meryl's head.

Once I'm obsessed with somebody, I'm terrified of them instantly. I'm not scared of them - I'm scared of me and how I will react. Like, for instance, one time someone was introducing me to Bill Maher, and I saw Meryl Streep walk into the room, and I literally put my hand right in Bill Maher's face and said, "Not now, Bill!", and I just stared at Meryl Streep... I just creepily stared at her.

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

Meryl's Donna embodied the spirit of ABBA and 'Mamma Mia!' in the first film.

I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.

I love Nic Cage and Meryl Streep.

I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.

As far as actresses go, I love Meryl Streep.

Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies.

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

I hadn't been that impressed with someone since I worked with Meryl Streep.

My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani.

If your husband is cheating on you with a carhop, get Meryl Streep to play you. You'll feel much better.

As for people I would love to work with, Meryl Streep, of course! She's my favorite.

I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.

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

There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep.

I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie.

People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.

Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there's no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she's riding instincts, she's riding impulses. And she trusts that.

I think that's why Meryl Streep is working so much, because she looks like a woman we can all relate to. I look at her and I think, 'I'm chasing my kids, I've moved my parents in with me, I'm coping with food spills - that looks like me in real life'. Meryl looks like an unmade bed, and that's what I look like. To me, that looks true.

At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents.

I was definitely very intimidated, but the instant Meryl Streep said 'Hi' to me, it all went away.

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

I am a big fan of Meryl Streep.

I like Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster. Among Indian actress, I prefer Madhubala and Nutan.

Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.'

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.

For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

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

I have this ongoing obsession with Meryl Streep.

'The Iron Lady' is not a biopic. Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep coined it 'King Lear for girls.'

As a kid, I was obsessed with Meryl Streep, and I still am.

I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.