All Hail Meryl
July 20th 2008 17:33
Against all odds, the more mature, intelligent and sophisticated ladies are still holding their own in Hollywood at the moment. Among the ranks of Dames Helen Mirren and Judi Dench, Glenn Close and Annette Bening is of course one of the most elegant and enduring of them all – Meryl Streep.
QUOTE: It's hard to negotiate the present landscape with a brain and a female body.
During the course of her career, Streep has been awarded two Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a BAFTA. She is the most nominated actor ever in the history of the Academy Awards, and is one of a select group of actors to have won all four major motion picture acting awards.
QUOTE: I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.
Notoriously hard-working Streep has a diverse range of film credits to her name. Along with The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Silkwood, The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs Kramer, Out of Africa and Sophie’s Choice, Streep made her mark in the adaptations of Isabel Allende’s The House of Spirits and Carrie Fisher’s Postcards from the Edge, Clint Eastwood’s Bridges of Madison County, as Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark, and as the saving grace of Prime and The Devil Wears Prada.
QUOTE: When I was 20 I busked to afford accommodation. One night I hadn't earned enough, I actually slept in the open in Green Park [in London]. The view was of the Ritz Hotel and I vowed I'd stay there one day. And I have.
Now, at the age of 59, she shows no signs of slowing down, starring in the recently released and highly energetic Mamma Mia! and in the upcoming film version of Doubt, which also features Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams.
QUOTE: It's important to me to work with good people that are not worried about how they look. You know. Real actors. They're your blood.
Despite being one of the most powerful and respected women in Hollywood, Streep seems to be genuinely down-to-earth. She is reportedly unfazed by her appearance, is open and natural in interviews, and she even stayed for the film during the Australian premiere of Mamma Mia! – a rare thing for a big-name actor to do.
QUOTE: I try to lead as ordinary a life as I can. You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.
Smart, talented, humorous and humble, Meryl Streep would have to be one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood today.
Michaelie Clark
Quotes courtesy of IMDB
QUOTE: It's hard to negotiate the present landscape with a brain and a female body.
Meryl Streep - Image courtesy of dance.net
QUOTE: I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know.
A young Meryl - Image courtesy of jamd.com
Notoriously hard-working Streep has a diverse range of film credits to her name. Along with The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Silkwood, The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs Kramer, Out of Africa and Sophie’s Choice, Streep made her mark in the adaptations of Isabel Allende’s The House of Spirits and Carrie Fisher’s Postcards from the Edge, Clint Eastwood’s Bridges of Madison County, as Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark, and as the saving grace of Prime and The Devil Wears Prada.
As Miranda Priestly - Image courtesy of ohlalaparis.com
QUOTE: When I was 20 I busked to afford accommodation. One night I hadn't earned enough, I actually slept in the open in Green Park [in London]. The view was of the Ritz Hotel and I vowed I'd stay there one day. And I have.
Now, at the age of 59, she shows no signs of slowing down, starring in the recently released and highly energetic Mamma Mia! and in the upcoming film version of Doubt, which also features Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams.
QUOTE: It's important to me to work with good people that are not worried about how they look. You know. Real actors. They're your blood.
In Mamma Mia! Image courtesy of nzherald.co.nz
Despite being one of the most powerful and respected women in Hollywood, Streep seems to be genuinely down-to-earth. She is reportedly unfazed by her appearance, is open and natural in interviews, and she even stayed for the film during the Australian premiere of Mamma Mia! – a rare thing for a big-name actor to do.
QUOTE: I try to lead as ordinary a life as I can. You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.
Smart, talented, humorous and humble, Meryl Streep would have to be one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood today.
Michaelie Clark
Quotes courtesy of IMDB
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