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00:00:04 |
...An actor can't blush on cue,
or just because they want to, |
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00:00:06 |
this is crazy, I must
have imagined it. |
| 00:00:07 |
00:00:12 |
Then she said Liz when you see
the movie, she blushes on cue. |
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00:00:14 |
Who could do
that but Meryl? |
| 00:00:14 |
00:00:17 |
But as talented as Meryl is
there is one particular kind of role |
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00:00:20 |
that even she might not
be able to pull off. |
| 00:00:20 |
00:00:23 |
She might be blonde, but
no one's ever called Meryl dumb. |
| 00:00:23 |
00:00:25 |
She's mysteriously
intelligent. |
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00:00:29 |
To my knowledge she's never
really played a stupid character. |
| 00:00:30 |
00:00:31 |
She's played
mean characters, |
| 00:00:31 |
00:00:34 |
she's played characters
who make wrong choices, |
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00:00:37 |
but never, I don't think she
could play a dumb character. |
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00:00:40 |
She can play
ordinary characters, |
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00:00:46 |
she can play, you know, all different
socioeconomic level characters |
| 00:00:46 |
00:00:51 |
but dumb, I don't know.
She's got a natural quickness |
| 00:00:51 |
00:00:57 |
that just sort of infuses
all her performances. |
| 00:00:58 |
00:00:59 |
Meryl is not only
quick, she's funny. |
| 00:00:59 |
00:01:02 |
When she put her hands and feet in
cement at Mann's Chinese Theater |
| 00:01:03 |
00:01:05 |
as they say in
show biz, she killed. |
| 00:01:06 |
00:01:11 |
I'm from New Jersey. You know we do
memorialize people in cement. |
| 00:01:11 |
00:01:13 |
but they don't get
to say thank you. |
| 00:01:15 |
00:01:17 |
Meryl can joke about her
New Jersey roots now |
| 00:01:17 |
00:01:20 |
but then again, despite the
popular perception of her |
| 00:01:20 |
00:01:23 |
Meryl can make a joke
out just about anything. |
| 00:01:23 |
00:01:25 |
She really doesn't take
herself too seriously |
| 00:01:25 |
00:01:27 |
and it also seems to be
very important to her |
| 00:01:27 |
00:01:29 |
that we not take her
too seriously either. |
| 00:01:29 |
00:01:34 |
She's serious but at the same
time she's a real whack job. |
| 00:01:34 |
00:01:37 |
She's very funny and
has an incredible |
| 00:01:38 |
00:01:41 |
devilish kind of
sense of humor. |
| 00:01:41 |
00:01:44 |
She's got a big loud
naughty laugh. |
| 00:01:44 |
00:01:48 |
You sense that she's somebody
who would love a great dirty joke. |
| 00:01:49 |
00:01:51 |
She tries to really cut
herself down to size |
| 00:01:51 |
00:01:53 |
because nobody else
is going to do it. |
| 00:01:53 |
00:01:56 |
She insists that she be
down here with the rest of us. |
| 00:01:56 |
00:01:57 |
I think that's
very appealing. |
| 00:01:57 |
00:02:01 |
Still when it comes to acting
Meryl Streep has always, |
| 00:02:01 |
00:02:03 |
consistently been way
about everyone else |
| 00:02:04 |
00:02:07 |
and she's not about to stop now
as she enters her sixth decade, |
| 00:02:08 |
00:02:10 |
she's ready for whatever role
life throws at her. |
| 00:02:10 |
00:02:13 |
Every year there is
at least one Meryl Streep movie |
| 00:02:13 |
00:02:15 |
and it's usually a
prestige film. |
| 00:02:15 |
00:02:17 |
It's not like because she's
in it it's box office |
| 00:02:17 |
00:02:20 |
but Meryl Streep
approaches it fearlessly. |
| 00:02:21 |
00:02:23 |
That's the one word that
I would use to describe her |
| 00:02:23 |
00:02:26 |
and how she approaches
her career at any age. |
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00:02:28 |
Fearless. |
