Author of quotes: Meryl Streep

I love to do more Comedy, but people don't give me enough chances to do so. That's one of the reasons why I'm absolutely crazy about "the Manchurian candidate" - this gave me the opportunity to be funny.

I'm a fan of Sophia Loren and my husband too. Ever since he saw her emerging from the sea, he never came to.

As a child I was ugly. Looked like a sort of... scream. Wore glasses, a plate for correcting the teeth, unthinkable six-month Perm. Still afraid to look at their baby pictures.

I always remember the words of Catherine Deneuve: "At a certain age a woman has to choose - either face or figure." I chose the face. And the rest... the rest I'm sitting. Resting my laurels... I mean.

My cooking triumph was when I just fell in love with her husband. We were in a cabin on the coast, and I baked an Apple pie... Whipped toppings, made the perfect dough with no prescription! Since I can't repeat their success, although my husband often asks about it.

I was nominated for "Oscar" fifteen times and won twice, and still feel like it happened to someone else. Perhaps I would have experienced it again!

I believe that all my roles have been great, but Margaret Thatcher stands on a special pedestal because her personality is surrounded by heated debates. People often see her as an icon or a monster and I wanted to find in her a human being. I explored its features, and sought that could be useful for the image of Margaret.

I like who I've become. Other people may not, but now I feel more comfortable and freer. You should take your age, every year older. Life is so precious! When you start to lose people around you, you realize that every day is a gift for you.

I'm not always happy, just on public and in front journalists always look happy. But I'm terribly grumpy, ask my husband.

I like to cook, then no. Sometimes start to cook, and then all down the toilet with the words: "Today we have pizza."

Never felt comfortable in Hollywood society. I don't like parties, the glamour. This is all a tinsel. The pleasure I get from communication with family, my dogs, love going to the mountains with someone, but not to parties. It's all a waste of time.

I don't know what I would do without my husband. I probably would have died - at least emotionally. I can't imagine that our paths would not cross - he is a genius!

It would be nice if the President was a woman. I think half the Senate should be women, half of Parliament too. But this will never happen, darling!

A glass of wine is what helps me always.