Hollywood veteran Meryl Streep says at the start of her career she thought her looks weren’t good enough to make her a successful actor in the industry.
“I was always in plays, but I thought it was vain to be an actress. Plus, I thought I was too ugly to be an actress. Glasses weren’t fabulous then. Many of my friends woke up at three years of age and said, I have to be on stage,” Streep said, adding “I never had that. I’ve always been interested in way too many things, but I found the one profession that fed all my appetites.”
For being over 50 in the industry, she said, “When I was 40, I was offered a few films in one summer. And I thought, OK, this is it. You turn 40, and oh my god. The only reason I have a career at 64 is that I’ve had a lot of hits in my life, previously. I’ve found that audiences aren’t so age-phobic.”
