Meryl StreepQuotes

Meryl Streep
Birthday
June 22nd, 1949
From
Summit, New Jersey, USA
Actor

The Devil Wears Prada 2 - Miranda's Dismissive Attitude Towards Her Assistant

Miranda: Let's be clear. I did not hire you and I'll I need to do is bide my time until you fail. Why don't you take the train, dear.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 - A Call for Professionalism and Focus

Miranda: Pull yourself together, we have work to do. And by we, I mean you.

Evil Angels - The Speed of Rumors and Truth

Cliff Murchison: Was that Michael's brother?
Lindy Chamberlain: Can you believe it, the rumours are in New Zealand already!
Cliff Murchison: A lie goes round the world while truth's still putting its boots on, sweetheart.

Evil Angels - Thirst and Humor in Climbing Conversations

Lindy Chamberlain: I saw you this afternoon going up the rock with a baby in a backpack. Carrying a six-pack. I thought you were cracked!
Greg Lowe: It's bloody thirsty work climbin'.
Michael Chamberlain: You know Greg, the worst thing for a thirst is alcohol.
Greg Lowe: Aw, you gotta be jokin mate, the worst thing for a thirst is sand!

Evil Angels - Reunion with Mummy After Time Apart

Lindy Chamberlain: [after being released from prison] Hello Kahlia. Hello darling. Don't you look lovely. Such a pretty dress.
Kahlia: [shyly] Mummy made it in jail.
Michael Chamberlain: This is Mummy, darling. She's back.
Kahlia: Real mummy?
Michael Chamberlain: Real mummy.

Evil Angels - Inquiring About Kidney Health

Lindy Chamberlain: Crikey, how's yer kidneys?

Evil Angels - Personal Testimony in a Tragic Situation

Lindy Chamberlain: Look, Mr. Barker. I wasn't there. I can only go on the evidence of my own eyes. We're talking about my baby daughter ... not some object!

Evil Angels - Authenticity vs. Societal Expectations

Lindy Chamberlain: I'm told, "Don't talk like you normally talk. Watch how you hold your mouth. You look too sour and crabby. Don't get angry. Don't ask too many questions, or they think you're trying to be smart. And never, never, never laugh or you're an uncaring bitch." Well, I can't cry to order, and I won't be squashed into some dumb act for the public ... or for you.

Evil Angels - A Mother's Grief Over a Missing Child

Lindy Chamberlain: The dingo's got my baby!

Lions for Lambs - Questioning the Effectiveness of Military Action

Senator Jasper Irving: Through precise military action, we will take the essential first step.
Janine Roth: First step? But what have we been doing for the past six years, Senator? World War II took less than five.

Lions for Lambs - Commitment to Long-Term Strategy in Conflict

Senator Jasper Irving: What I can say is that this strategy has patience and determination at its core. It ensures that it puts our fighting men in spots where they can face, and fight, and kill the enemy, so that we can then go on about rebuilding that country. And if it takes ten years, that's how long we stay, we do whatever it takes.
Janine Roth: Whatever it takes.
Senator Jasper Irving: Whatever it takes.

Lions for Lambs - Political Gratitude and Future Uncertainty

Senator Jasper Irving: You first called me the future of my party. I'm returning the favour.
Janine Roth: It was just how I saw it eight years ago.
Senator Jasper Irving: Well, nonetheless, grateful.
Janine Roth: Considering the state of your party, how do you know the tag isn't pejorative?

Lions for Lambs - Questioning Military Decisions and Accountability

Janine Roth: Why did we send 150,000 troops to a country that did not attack us, and one-tenth that number to the one that did?
Senator Jasper Irving: How many times are you people going to ask the same question?
Janine Roth: Till we get the answer.

The Prom - Theater: Distraction or Healing Escape?

Dee Dee Allen: So theater is a distraction. Is that what you mean?
Principal Tom Hawkins: An distraction is momentary. An escape helps you heal.

The Prom - Finding Dining Options in Town

Dee Dee Allen: Uh, Tom?
Principal Tom Hawkins: Yes, yeah?
Dee Dee Allen: Is there a restaurant in town that has plates and cutlery and…
Principal Tom Hawkins: Oh, uh, there's an Applebee's by the mall. Would you like to go?
Dee Dee Allen: Yes. Take me now to this Apples & Bees place.
Principal Tom Hawkins: All right.
Dee Dee Allen: Thank you.
Principal Tom Hawkins: You're welcome.
Dee Dee Allen: How nice of you.

The Prom - Urgency in Collaborative Effort

Trent Oliver: Uh, Dee Dee, we gotta make haste.

The Deer Hunter - Emotional Distance in a Troubled Relationship

Linda: Why don't we go to bed? Can't we just comfort each other?
Michael: No, I can't. Not here. I gotta get out of here. I'm sorry. I just gotta get out...Look, I don't know. I feel a lot of distance and I feel far away. I'll see ya later.

The Deer Hunter - Casual Conversation Between Friends

Linda: So, how are you, anyway?
Michael: I'm fine, OK. How are you?
Linda: Me? I'm OK. I'm fine. I go along, you know. Still workin at the market. There's a million things to do. You sure you're all right, huh?
Michael: Yeah.
Linda: What about your wounds?
Michael: There's nothin', just healed. Just the usual complications, that's all.
Linda: But we heard...
Michael: No, that's not true. A lot of guys went through it.
Linda: Oh, I'm so glad you're alive. I'm so happy. I really don't know what I feel.

The Deer Hunter - Choosing a Beer Together

Michael: What kind of beer would you like?
Linda: What? I don't know. I don't care. Any kind.
Michael: I'll get you a Rolling Rock.
Linda: Okay.
Michael: It's a good beer, it's the best around.

The Deer Hunter - Uncertainty in Love and Commitment

Nick: Will you marry me?
Linda: Yeah.
Nick: [She nods] You would? What I mean is, when we get back from...when we get back. I don't know what the hell I mean.
Linda: What goes through your mind comes out your mouth.

The Deer Hunter - Confusion and Concern in Uncertain Times

Steven's mother: I still do not believe this. My own boy with a strange girl and not so thin, if you understand my meaning...The next thing you know, he goes to Vietnam...I do not understand, Father. I understand nothing anymore, nothing...Can you explain? Can anyone explain?
Steven's mother: You marry this girl, you leave her with me, and you go with these bums to Vietnam.
Nick: Did you hear about the happy Roman? He was "GLAD HE ATE HER"!
Linda: I was hoping, somehow Michael, maybe you had Nick with you...He never wrote to me, he never called me.
Axel: You're so full of shit, you're gonna float away.
Steven: The place is great...It's like a resort...I mean they got basketball, bowling...Princess Grace came to see us the other day.

It's Complicated - Preference for Semen in Relationships

Jane Adler: I like a lot of semen, always have.

It's Complicated - Casual Inquiry About Marijuana Use

Jane Adler: Do you poke smot?

Don't Look Up - Debating Certainty in Crisis Management

President Orlean: Mmm-hmm. So how certain is this?
Dr. Randall Mindy: There's 100% certainty of impact.
President Orlean: Please, don't say 100%.
Old Aide #2: Can we just call it a potentiality significant event?
Kate Dibiasky: But it isn't potentially going to happen. It is going to happen.
Dr. Randall Mindy: Exactly, 99.78% to be exact.
Jason Orlean: Oh, great. Okay, so it's not 100%.
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: Well, scientists never like to say 100%.
President Orlean: Call it 70% and let's just move on.
Kate Dibiasky: But it's not even close to 70%.
President Orlean: You cannot go around saying to people that there's 100% chance that they're going to die. You know? It's just nuts.

The Hours - The Beginning of Happiness

Clarissa Vaughan: I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then.

The Hours - The Contrast of Presence and Absence

Clarissa Vaughan: When I'm with him I feel... Yes, I am living. And when I'm not with him... Yes, everything does seem sort of silly.

The Hours - Questioning the Nature of Wrongness

Clarissa Vaughan: Why is everything wrong?

The Hours - Living for Each Other's Survival

Clarissa Vaughan: That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.

Kramer vs. Kramer - A Mother's Love and Acceptance

Joanna Kramer: [Joanna and Ted hug] I woke up this morning, kept thinking about Billy and I-I was thinking about him waking up in his room with his little clouds all around that I painted. And I thought I should have painted clouds downtown, because then he would think that he was waking up at home. I came here to take my son home. And I realized he already is home. Oh, I love him very much. I'm not gonna take him with me. Can I go up and talk to him?...
Ted Kramer: Listen why don't you go upstairs and see him and I'll wait here.
Joanna Kramer: [wipes the tears from her eyes and pats her hair] How do I look?
Ted Kramer: You look terrific.

Kramer vs. Kramer - Self-Discovery and Maternal Love

Joanna Kramer: All my life I've felt like...somebody's wife or somebody's mother, somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together I never knew who I was. And that's why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself. I got myself a job. I got myself a therapist, a really good one. And I feel better about myself than I ever have in my whole life. I learned a great deal about myself.
Ted Kramer: Such as?... No, really, I'd really like to know what you learned.
Joanna Kramer: Well, I've learned that I love my little boy. And that I'm capable of taking care of him.
Ted Kramer: What do you mean?
Joanna Kramer: I want my son.
Ted Kramer: You can't have him
Joanna Kramer: Don't get defensive. Don't try to bully me.
Ted Kramer: I'm not getting defensive. Who walked out 15 months ago?
Joanna Kramer: I don't care. I'm still his mother.
Ted Kramer: Yeah, from 300 miles away. And because you sent post cards gives you the right to come back?
Joanna Kramer: I never stopped wanting him.
Ted Kramer: What makes you sure he wants you?
Joanna Kramer: What makes you sure he doesn't want me?
Ted Kramer: Okay look. We're gonna sit here and bat this back and forth. It's like old times.
Joanna Kramer: You can't deny me...
Ted Kramer: Don't tell me what I can or cannot do! Don't talk to me that way!
Joanna Kramer: I anticipated this.
Ted Kramer: Okay look, I don't want to hear this. Do what you have to. I'll do what I have to.
Joanna Kramer: Fine... I am very sorry about this.
Ted Kramer: Okay, just do what you have to do.

Kramer vs. Kramer - A Mother's Love for Her Son

Joanna Kramer: I love you, Billy.
Billy Kramer: I love you too, Mommy.

She-Devil - A Dispute Over a Poodle's Safety

Bob Patchett: Mary, what's wrong?
Mary Fisher: Your son and that mongrel are molesting my poodle.

She-Devil - A Surprising Reaction to High Costs

Bob Patchett: [in awe of Fisher's home] My God, this is fantastic.
Mary Fisher: You should see my electric bill.
Bob Patchett: I'd love to!

She-Devil - Financial Expertise and Personal Finances

Mary Fisher: What is it, exactly, that you do, Mr. Patchett?
Bob Patchett: I'm a financial consultant.
Mary Fisher: Really?! I'm absolutely in awe of men who know how to handle money. I can't even balance my own checkbook.
Bob Patchett: Doesn't your accountant do that for you?
Mary Fisher: Should he?
Bob Patchett: The good ones do.

She-Devil - A Moment of Intimacy and Connection

Mary Fisher: [writing; pauses trying to think of an appropriate word; she backspaces "nub" and tries again] He held her body as he had for a millennium with an ease neither of them had ever, ever known. He reached for her ...nub. Love... button!

She-Devil - Mary Fisher's Call for Action Against Disruption

Mary Fisher: Someone get this deranged woman out of here!

She-Devil - Reflections on Family and Luck

Mary Fisher: [begins crying] All the little families. Mummies and daddies and dear little children tucked away for the night. How lucky they all are!

She-Devil - The Importance of Passion in Relationships

Mary Fisher: Passion. Excitement. I think that it's important in a long-term relationship, and that's what I think women find from my novels. They find ways to make their man feel important and comfortable, to let him know that he is... the man. You know, so there's no confusion.

Adaptation. - Inevitability of Change in Life

Susan Orlean: Change is not a choice. Not for a species of plant, and not for me.

Adaptation. - Desire for Renewal and Regret

Susan Orlean: It's over. Everything, I did everything wrong. I want my life back. I want it back before everything got fucked up. I want to be a baby again. I want to be new. I want to be new.

Adaptation. - The Allure of Exceptional Passion

Susan Orlean: Most people yearn for something exceptional, something so inspiring that they'd want to risk everything for that passion, but few would act on it. It was very powerful and intoxicating to be around someone so alive.

Adaptation. - The Importance of Passion in a Complex World

Susan Orlean: There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more managable size.

Adaptation. - The Desire for Passionate Engagement

Susan Orlean: I suppose I do have one unembarrassed passion. I want to know how it feels like to care about something passionately.

Ironweed - Personal Choices and Their Perception

Helen Archer: What if I did drink too much wine? Whose business is that anyway? Who knows how much I didn't drink, huh?

The Devil Wears Prada - Weather Delays Affect Personal Commitments

Andrea: [''on phone''] Hello Miranda?
Miranda: [''on the phone from Miami''] My flight has been cancelled. It's some absurd weather problem. I need to get home tonight. The twins have a recital tomorrow morning at school.
Andrea: What?
Miranda: AT SCHOOL!
Andrea: Absolutely. Let me see what I can do.
Miranda: [''hangs up on her''] Good.
Andrea: [''answering the phone few minutes later''] Miranda, hi, I'm trying to get you a flight but no one is flying out because of the weather.
Miranda: [''Background in Miami shows a huge storm and smashing thunder''] Oh, please... it's just- I don't know- drizzling. Someone must be getting out. Call ]. Get her jet. Call everybody else that we know that has a jet- Irv?- Call every- This is your responsibi- THIS IS YOUR JOB!- Get-me-HOME!
Andrea: Oh, my god! She's going to murder me.
Richard Sachs: What does she want you to do, call the National Guard and have her airlifted out of there?
Andrea: [''beat''] Of course not! Could I do that?

The Devil Wears Prada - Job Application Ambitions in Fashion Industry

Miranda: Who are you?
Andrea: I'm Andy Sachs, I just graduated from Northwestern University
Miranda: And what are you doing here?
Andrea: Well, I think I could do a good job as your assistant, and, um... I came to New York to be a journalist, and I sent out letters everywhere, and I finally got a call from Elias Clark and met with Sherry up at Human Resources and- basically, it's this or Auto Universe.
Miranda: So you don't read Runway.
Andrea: No.
Miranda: And before today you had never heard of me?
Andrea: No.
Miranda: And you have no style or sense of fashion.
Andrea: Well, um, I think that depends on what you're …
Miranda: No, no, that wasn't a question.

The Devil Wears Prada - Miranda's Demands and Emily's Struggles

Miranda: I don't understand why it's so difficult to confirm an appointment.
Emily: I'm so sorry, Miranda, I actually did confirm –
Miranda: Details of your incompetence do not interest me. Tell Simone that I'm not going to approve that girl that she sent me for the Brazilian layout. I asked for clean, athletic, smiling; she sent me dirty, tired and paunchy. And RSVP yes to ] party. I want the driver to drop me off at 9.30 and pick me up at 9.45 sharp. And then call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no, for the fortieth time, no, I don't want ]. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb ]. And then call my ex-husband and remind him that the parent–teacher conference is at ] tonight. And then call my husband. Ask him to please meet me for dinner at that place I went to with Massimo. Also, tell Richard I saw all the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers, and they're all so deeply unattractive. Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender, female paratrooper? Am I reaching for the stars here? Not really. Also, I need to see all the things Nigel has pulled for ]'s second cover try. I wonder if she's lost any of that weight yet. Who is that?
Emily: Nobody! Oh, uhm, well, Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job, and I was sort of "pre-interviewing" her for you, but she's hopeless and also totally wrong for –
Miranda: Well clearly I'm going to have to do that myself because the last two you sent me were completely inadequate, so … send her in. That's all.