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The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Profession: Actress
Nationality: American

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I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.

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The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.

I think I'm not a natural performer; I think I'm an actor.

Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even my mother would sanction - is the opposite of good or valuable or useful. It is a curse for a working actor.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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I'm really interested in the collaborative thing. It's what makes it scary because you never know what it's going to end up like. But you hope. You put yourself in the hands of the best people you can find, and you're completely dependent on the kindness of strangers and their commitment. It's like this mutual delusion.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

I am a humanist. I am for nice, easy balance.

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