What Meryl Streep Looked Like When She Was Younger

Meryl Streep has always had the kind of face that would inevitably be admired, even if she wasn't a movie star. With fine features that form a face that can either appear to be delicately lovely or fiercely stunning, the actor was just as gorgeous when she was younger as she is nowadays. However, despite that, she hasn't always felt confident about her looks.

When the onscreen icon was honored with a "marathon retrospective of her ... work during a gala tribute" in 2008, according to Good Housekeeping, she admitted, "They were showing clips from my earlier films. All I could see was this beautiful young woman who was anxious about whether she was too heavy or if her nose was too big. I felt like saying to her, 'Just relax and it will all be OK.'"

While Streep may have felt the pressure to look perfect as a young actor, she also opened up about the tendency for celebrities to undergo plastic surgery to maintain their looks as they get older. "It's not just women. You'd be amazed at how many men in this industry have gone down that road," she said. "I just don't get it. You have to embrace getting older."

The star added that "[l]ife is precious" and "each day is a gift." Indeed, life is beautiful, as is Meryl Streep.

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