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Ladies and gentlemen,
Nora Ephron! |
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I loved working with Meryl Streep. |
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First, I worked with her on Silkwood. |
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Alice Arlen and I did a script for her. |
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Meryl did Karen Silkwood, |
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and the Polish person and the Danish person,
blah-blah-blah. |
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But the true stretch, if I do say so,
was playing me... |
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in Heartburn. |
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I highly recommend having Meryl Streep
play you. |
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If your husband is cheating on you
with a carhop, get Meryl to play you. |
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You'll feel much better. |
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If you get rear-ended in a parking lot,
have Meryl Streep play you. |
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If the dingo eats your baby,
call Meryl. |
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She plays all of us better
than we play ourselves, |
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although it's a little depressing
knowing that if you went to audition |
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to play yourself, you would lose out to her. |
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Some days, when I'm having a hard day, |
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I call up Meryl and she'll come
and she'll step in for me. |
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She's so good, people don't really notice. |
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I call her at the end of the day
and find out how I did |
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and inevitably it's one of the best days
I've ever had. |
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You have no idea how much work
goes into being as good as Meryl is |
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or for making it look as effortless
as she makes it look |
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but I do. |
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Because one night,
while we were making Heartburn |
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I went into her trailer,
she wasn't expecting me, |
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she wasn't in costume,
and she wasns't wearing makeup. |
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She turned out to be a 63 year-old
Asian woman named Chipack. |
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So Chipack, tonight we honor you. |