7 April 2026
Meryl Streep thinks acting is an “unstable” profession.
Meryl Streep has enjoyed huge success in Hollywood
The 76-year-old actress has enjoyed huge success in her career, starring in movies such as The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, and The Devil Wears Prada – but Meryl admits that fame and success in the film business are precarious.
Speaking to Vogue magazine, Meryl explained: “Tom Stoppard said, ‘You’ve got to shift your weight.’ You’re always, always on unstable ground. It’s so uncertain being an actor. You’re chronically unemployed. And then there’s no sort of climb, because fame is something you have in a second.
“But to make a body of work and have faith in yourself? That takes time, and you can’t do it at home by yourself—it’s not like writing or composing. I don’t think: I love this job. I’m going to have this job for a long time. I think: This is the world. The unstable world. Everything changes and it’s about learning to sort of be prepared for that.”
Meryl stars in the Devil Wears Prada sequel, and she’s admitted to being impressed by the film’s script.
The actress – who plays Miranda Priestly, a magazine editor, in the new film – said: “I was interested in the business part of it, that thing of carrying the weight of many, many people’s jobs, running a big organisation, keeping it going somehow.
“With this one, I thought, ‘Well, where are they going to go?’ Now that everything’s disintegrating, now that these institutions are being undermined or exploded in a way that who knows what is happening in the world right now—I wondered what they were going to do. And I do think they’ve located something true about the business now.”
Meanwhile, Selena Gomez previously admitted to feeling inspired by Meryl Streep.
The 33-year-old actress heaped praise on her Only Murders in the Building co-star.
Selena told The Hollywood Reporter: “She’s an inspiration, and she’s someone who is incredibly talented while being very humble, and professional and kind. I’ve learned so much from her just by her being Meryl.”
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