Interview: Meryl Streep Up Close

In April, Meryl Streep, sitting in his own marathon retrospective of work during the gala tribute at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York. It 'was a bit' painful to take hard look at himself younger, she admits. "They showed clips from my previous work All I saw was a beautiful young woman who was worried it was too heavy, or if his nose was too big I wanted to say to him :..." Calm down, and everything will be OK "It's a surprise that the actress who seems to eat just as calm and confident, was once filled with uncertainty. But the myth that Streep is an amazing artist talent who never loses an instant beauty sleep on something disappears when I meet her for drinks ("two waters please") in a fancy hotel. She is dressed black trousers with a black crochet top, its curtain cornfield yellow hair falling over her shoulders. Her brilliant, read fair skin folds only when she laughs - it's a lot.It 'a fun exclamations, talkative, prone to joy as the words are leaking. "Oh my God!" He recalled the screams when the chance to play Donna in Mamma Mia! was. "My agent said:" You probably do not want to do this ....' And I said, "Say yes! '"He saw the Mamma Mia! On Broadway, just 11 the day after. "It 'was a huge instant success because it was a reminder of where is the joy of life - singing and dancing, and love," he says. "I brought my daughter Luisa, who was 10, and six of his friends, and we were all dancing in the aisles."Streep plays a single mother with a savage past, singing ABBA songs and dances his way through a Greek island on the eve of his daughter's wedding. The role is a departure for the serious player who makes films like Sophie's Choice and Kramer against Kramer. But Streep is nothing if not versatile, seemingly capable of a perfect accent, vibrating away on songs in country A Prairie Home Companion, Ray Charles or singing in Postcards from the edge (listen on youtube. com).And 59 years is more aware that life should be celebrated at every opportunity. Mamma Mia! appeal to your sense of humor - and dreams of his youth.Read more: Interview with Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia - Good Housekeeping