Meryl Streep Quotes

All I want, is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I love you - just because I am.

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

'Pretty' is not the amount of makeup on your face or the shirt you're wearing or the size of your pants - that is false.

I really wanted my fans to understand that outer appearances really don't matter.

You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.

Again--nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth.

There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.

There's so much more to life than looking a certain way.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.

My looks mean nothing to me. If anything, they are a hindrance.

There's always going to be somebody that you consider maybe more beautiful. But nine times out of ten here in L.A., that beauty isn't home grown. It's usually manufactured. It sort of encourages me to work more within myself because I think that's not what appeals to me. Plastic and tons of makeup.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.

I let go of the notion of wanting someone to ignore the way I look in order to find me attractive, because really, what kind of relationship would that be? One where someone's only attracted to you because they're ignoring a fundamental part of you? No thanks.

I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'

I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person.

Something in the human psyche confuses beauty with the right to be loved. The briefest glance at human folly reveals that good looks and worthiness operate independently. Yet countless socializing forces, from Aunt Clara to the latest perfume ad, reinforce beliefs like 'If I were pretty enough, I would be loved.'

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.

Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?

It's so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when we know it's really found within and through meaningful connections with other people.

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.