Meryl Streep

"America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances."

"I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do."

"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."

"Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person."

"All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene."

"My family really does come first. It always did and always will."