Meryl Streep

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

I know what I do and what it means to me and where its sources lie, and that's mine. It still is mine.

Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.

The aggregate of everybody's emotion, it's such a powerful thing. You can see it in the Trump rallies, where people - I just know, in their living rooms, would be better people - are driven to the worst possibilities by the bloodlust in a crowd. It just gets ginned up, and they're outside of themselves.

It's amazing how easily people are led to fury and chaos. Unhappy people with guns are not going to make this country great.

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

It's a good thing to imagine yourself doing something you think you can't. I do that every day because, basically, if I had it my way, I'd just stay home and think about what I'm having for supper.

I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.

Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was, perhaps, or had some... racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot.

I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I have great friends who are wonderful singers, and I know I'll never be able to do that. But singing through a character is something I can do.

Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.

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.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

I can't do a lot of things, like golf. I don't like golf. I mean, I really don't, because I tend to like things that I can do right away. If I can't do it right away, I don't like it.

Nobody can swashbuckle a quick-witted riposte like Emma Thompson. She's a writer, a real writer, and she has a relish for the well-chosen word.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Personality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes.

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth.

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

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.