Meryl Streep has thought about retiring at age 40

Meryl Streep has admitted to having considered leaving the profession as an actress at the age of 40 years old.

The actress, 62, Meryl Streep, confessed to having thought about retiring at the age of 40 because she says that women on a certain age in the film industry often receive offers "grotesque" .

Meryl Streep said that she was horrified when she was offered the role of witch three times 20 years ago. She says it made her realize that the producers do not always appreciate at fair value women of a certain age.

However, the actress says now that the obstacles in her career have greatly helped in the interpretation of her recent role as Margaret Thatcher in the movie The Iron Lady .

Speaking of her admiration for Thatcher, she said: “he was a man's world. There were women, but they were about 16 or 17 among 630 people. The world was changing. You could see the old barriers fall. There were many people who did not want that to change. You could feel it. "

Remember that Meryl Streep has recently been named Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle, for the role of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady .