Meryl Streep: ‘Modern Actresses Are Too Self Aware’
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MERYL Streep wouldn’t dream of becoming an actress in this day and age.
The Hollywood legend, 60, claims many new actresses are too self aware and it ruins their ability to do their job well.
“The world was different when I was a young actress,” she said. “These days there’s so much scrutiny, everyone’s so self aware, and that self consciousness is the thing that kills your acting ability.
“What you look like, and how you seem, is all young actors consume themselves with instead of their characters. It makes it so much harder to be fresh each time.”
However Meryl does admit she never believed she would be an actress full time and she had her heart set on a legal career.
“I loved it, but I thought it was frivolous,” she said. “I remember thinking, ‘OK this is stupid. Oh yeah, you’re going to be an actress, sure. I’m going to do something serious with my life. I’m going to be an environmental lawyer’.
“Then I slept through the law school admission test, so I took it as a sign from heaven to stay in drama school.”
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