Meryl Streep in her impersonation of characters, "subsuming herself into them, rather than personifying them". In her early roles such as "Manhattan" and "Kramer vs. Kramer", she was compared to both Diane Keaton and Jill Clayburgh, in that her characters were unsympathetic, which Streep has attributed to the tendency to be drawn to playing women who are difficult to like and lack empathy. Streep has stated that many consider her to be a technical actor, but she professed that it comes down to her love of reading the initial script, adding, "I come ready and I don't want to screw around and
Meryl Streep on screen and stage Meryl Streep on screen and stage Meryl Streep is an American actress who has had an extensive career in film, television, and stage. She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of "Trelawny of the Wells". She went on to perform several roles on stage in the 1970s, garnering a Tony Award nomination for her role in "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" (1976). In 1977, Streep starred in the television movie "The Deadliest Season", and made her film debut with a brief role alongside Jane Fonda in "Julia". A supporting role in the war drama "The