Check out six things Schulman and Schatzberg taught us about Streep, below.
It was the spring of 1978.
She was 28 years old, and three years out of drama school.
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She barely worked for five months, even as her career was hitting its stride.
He never saw the final cut.
Meryl is so gracious and so open, and she wanted to work.
She was determined not to buckle.
In September they were married, only six months after Johns death.
Of course they remain married today, and he became the father of her four children.
I was so impressed with her acting.
The thing about Meryl, she never gives you the same performance two times in a row.
If you do a second take, its going to be different than the first one.
You let Rip go, and he goes, Schatzberg said, chuckling.
I was with Meryl, and I had to leave…
I said, Im going to do costumes with Rip!
and she said, Well, tell him not to be a pain in the ass.'
Shes a fantastic comic, and she cant help herself…
I always compare it to Carole Lombard, he said.
Years later, I ran into her at a function at Lincoln Center…
I said How many kids do you have?
and she said Too many!
But, thats just Meryls humor.
She loves them all, Im sure… No comment, the director responded.
Schulmans book,Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, is available now.
