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Meryl Streep revealed something some might think unfathomable while accepting an honorary doctorate at Indiana University. The 64-year-old actress admitted that she shared many of the same insecurities as other females and once thought she wasn't attractive enough to become an actress. <\/p>\n

"I think I was probably like every other girl who puts on a princess dress and expects everyone to pay full and total attention. And most of us grow out of that. I was always in plays, but I thought it was vain to be an actress," she said<\/a>. "Plus, I thought I was too ugly to be an actress. Glasses weren't fabulous then."<\/p>\n

Streep went on to advise girls to stop paying so much attention to their looks. <\/p>\n

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"For young women, I would say, don't worry so much about your weight. Girls spend way too much time thinking about that, and there are better things."<\/p>\n

She added that people should embrace the things that make us different, rather than try to hide or change them. <\/p>\n

"For young men, and women, too, what makes you different or weird, that's your strength. Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. I used to hate my nose. Now I don't. It's okay."<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It seems Streep had nothing to worry about all those years ago. After graduating from Yale School of Drama in 1975, she has earned herself 18 Oscar nominations and three wins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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