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 in the 2000s films "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events". In 2005, Streep starred in the film "Prime". Streep began 2006 with the film "A Prairie Home Companion", and that same year starred in "The Devil Wears Prada" and the stage production "Mother Courage and Her Children". In 2007, Streep appeared in the films "Dark Matter", "Rendition", "Evening", and "Lions for Lambs". In 2008, Streep starred in the films "Mamma Mia!" and "Doubt". In 2009, Streep starred in the films "Julie & Julia" and "It's Complicated", as well as loaning her voice to the animated film "Fantastic Mr.