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I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.


Meryl Streep

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BEBE WINANS Meryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be.
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ED BEGLEY, JR. Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstandin...
LEONARDO DICAPRIO O Brother, Where Art Thou? I was really impressed hearing Meryl Streep belting out these songs.
BOB BERNEY I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's ...
DAPHNE ZUNIGA I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actr...
CHER I've always wanted to be a Meryl Streep or a Natalie Portman. I want to do all kinds of differen...
HAYDEN PANETTIERE I never thought I would work with Meryl Streep. I also love Cate Blanchett.
JANE LYNCH I never wanted to be a brand director. I didn't want that kind of stamp. I wanted to be more lik...
RON HOWARD Playing piano well is one thing, but attempting to play at concert level accompanying Meryl Streep w...
SIMON HELBERG I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.
ANDIE MACDOWELL I love Madhuri Dixit, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Sandra Bullock.
POOJA HEGDE I would love to have the honor to get to work with Meryl Streep. I love her and I love her work.
BAILEE MADISON And then they went after Meryl Streep. But (Bernadette) is amazing.
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AIDAN QUINN I would love to have a drink with Meryl Streep or Prince. Those are my top two people I would love t...
NADINE VELAZQUEZ Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep fur...
BETH BEHRS I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini ...
MIRANDA HART My dream is to work with people like Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Christian Bale and Cate Blanc...
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BARBARA ROSENBLAT You'll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. Y...
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MORAN ATIAS Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I...
JOAN RIVERS People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to M...
JOHN WELLS I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever...
PAUL MCCARTNEY There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Dia...
BLAKE LIVELY I know movies are a function of our dream world. And when you project yourself on screen, it's e...
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QUENTIN TARANTINO I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like...
JACKI WEAVER Dakota is as good as Meryl Streep. She's as good as Goldie Hawn. There are things about Goldie as an...
KURT RUSSELL Of course, the Meryl Streep in the play is nothing like the real Meryl, and the proof of that is tha...
CHARLIE KAUFMAN As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody...
PENELOPE CRUZ My interest in Women in Film came from attending the Crystal Awards in 1998 where Meryl Streep and p...
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LILY COLLINS Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. A...
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BILLY EICHNER 'The River Wild' was great, with Meryl Streep. That guy was really a bad dude who was ultima...
KEVIN BACON This is going to sound a bit weird because she's a lot older than I am, but I've got a thing...
TARON EGERTON In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate...
FRANK OCEAN When you dream, dream big. Believe in your dreams, and surround yourself with those who are most cap...
SD WARD I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an...
TOM HOLLAND My dream role would be someone anything that Meryl Streep can do. 'Julia and Julia' - I thou...
JULIA VOTH If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.... you have a...
A.E. SAMAAN Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin,...
ZOOEY DESCHANEL The audience that would see that movie, by and large, doesn't go to see horror films, ... It was a g...
WES CRAVEN .Then you must ensure that all providers are allowed to operate on a level playing field.
DWIGHT NELSON ...if Faith shows up in your dreams again tonight, do yourself a favor and dream on.
VICTORIA CARO I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. You have to dream dreams to live dreams
ERIC LINDROS You have to dream dreams to live dreams.
ERIC LINDROS Meryl Streep once testified famously before Congress, saying that she was there to represent the uni...
JONAH GOLDBERG I wonder where dreams go... You have that illusion in your head, in your heart. It lives through you...
ESMERALDA MORALES I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn'...
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BRUCE WILLIS Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in '...
BRITTANY CURRAN I guess if they ever do a remake of 'Sophie's Choice,' I could play the Meryl Streep par...
GILBERT GOTTFRIED Discover more about yourself, dream wild dreams because what others see in you right is just a mild ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Acting is very personal. I don't want to be like anybody else. There are positions I would like ...
CATHERINE MARY STEWART I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. ...
MEGAN FOX It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at w...
AGYNESS DEYN Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have ...
ANDY GARCIA You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. And as an actor, you don't become Mer...
OCTAVIA SPENCER Have Faith in the Pursuit of your Dreams.
LUCHO LUIS VIDES If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen s...
GERALDINE BROOKS Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts act themselves senseless in 'August: Osage County,' and by th...
STEVE ERICKSON The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
WILL ROGERS Ooh, I'd love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different...
CARA DELEVINGNE When I dream go into a parallel universe: dreaming of my past memories that my subconscious was hold...
MARIAH REBECCA ARGUELLO You have the dreams that you want, and then you have to do other jobs until you can get to that drea...
CHANNING TATUM That's how you fuel the dream and keep the dreams on fire. You show them that it's possible.
BRAD DANCER You have to dream before your dreams became reality of existing life.
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MICAH B. EDWARDS If I am able to carry on modeling, I'll be very happy to, but my passion is definitely in music ...
CARA DELEVINGNE Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it....
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DEBASISH MRIDHA If you have been brave enough to love, and somtimes you won and sometimes you lost; if you have care...
HAROLD S. KUSHNER We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, dependin...
TREVOR NOAH We all need to have dreams. The question is, does the dream control you or do you control the dream?
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LES BROWN I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the mov...
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