Julia Praises Meryl Streep, Now She Understands Her More Intimately

Julia Roberts said that Meryl Streep is even cooler thanshe thought shewould be. She explained that she had an imaginary picture for Streep,but getting to work with her got her to understand the actress moreintimately.

Theactresses star in “ August: Osage County,” alongside Ewan McGregorand Chris Cooper. The movie centers around the reunion of a familywho return to Oklahoma for a funeral.

Aboutthe Oscars, which Roberts won in 2001 for her leading role in “ Erin Brockovich,” she said that it would feel different for her winningan Oscar at this age than what it felt the first time. "Nowthat I'm a grown-up person and have things of such greater value topin my idea of joy and fullness on, if something like that were tohappen again, my feeling of thrill would be defined in a completelydifferent way," she added.