--- description: The then GOP nomination contender had nothing but praise for the actress in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter title: Here's What Donald Trump Said About Meryl Streep in 2015 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt924dd9cc20052579/6988b4e497cdff74406af0ca/gettyimages-631336898.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What Donald Trump Had to Say About Meryl Streep in a 2015 Interview by [Kevin Lui](/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 10, 2017 2:13 AM CUT  President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters following his meeting with Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, at Trump Tower in New York City, on Jan. 9, 2017. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters following his meeting with Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, at Trump Tower in New York City, on Jan. 9, 2017.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Kevin Lui](/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 10, 2017 2:13 AM CUT President-elect Donald Trump had nothing but fine words and praise for Meryl Streep, the [multiple award-winning](http://time.com/4628948/meryl-streep-overrated-awards/ "undefined") actress, in an [August 2015 interview](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/donald-trump-murdoch-ailes-nbc-816131 "undefined") with the _Hollywood Reporter_. When asked about which actresses he loved, the then contender for the Republican presidential nomination named Streep and Julia Roberts. “Julia Roberts is terrific, and many others. Meryl Streep is excellent; she’s a fine person, too,” Trump told THR. In her [acceptance speech](http://time.com/4628147/read-meryl-streeps-powerful-golden-globes-speech/ "undefined") for the Cecil B. DeMille Award during Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony, Streep [took aim](http://time.com/4628072/golden-globes-2017-meryl-streep-donald-trump-speech/ "undefined") at the President-elect’s 2015 [mocking](http://time.com/4127857/donald-trump-disability/ "undefined") of disabled New York _Times_ reporter Serge Kovaleski at a campaign rally, and advocated for press freedom. Trump fired back Monday morning in a series of tweets, calling her an “overrated” on Twitter on Monday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/818419002548568064) Other people also had varying views of Streep’s Golden Globes speech as well, with [Hollywood types](http://time.com/4628120/meryl-streep-golden-globes-reaction/ "undefined") tweeting their praises, and [fans of MMA and the NFL](http://time.com/4629235/meryl-streep-mma-nfl-golden-globes-2017/ "undefined") among the disgruntled. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4629780/donald-trump-meryl-streep-2015-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4629780/donald-trump-meryl-streep-2015-interview/"},"headline":"Here's What Donald Trump Had to Say About Meryl Streep in a 2015 Interview","datePublished":"2017-01-10T02:13:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:38:11.721Z","description":"\"Meryl Streep is excellent; she's a fine person, too\"","url":"https://time.com/4629780/donald-trump-meryl-streep-2015-interview/","keywords":["Donald Trump","celebrities","meryl streep","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt924dd9cc20052579/6988b4e497cdff74406af0ca/gettyimages-631336898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin Lui","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt924dd9cc20052579/6988b4e497cdff74406af0ca/gettyimages-631336898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","caption":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4629780/donald-trump-meryl-streep-2015-interview/","name":"Here's What Donald Trump Had to Say About Meryl Streep in a 2015 Interview"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meryl Streep Unloads on Trump in Powerful Golden Globes Speech","description":"Meryl Streep accepted the Cecil B. 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