Meryl Streep Makes Rare Comments About Being a Grandma of 6 as She Jokes She's 'Over-Involved'

Meryl Streep shared a few rare comments on becoming a grandmother in an interview with Vogue

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• Streep says she cherishes every moment with her grandkids, calling the experience "divine" and "fleeting"

• The actress travels frequently between coasts to spend time with her grandkids, crediting her kids for their generosity

Meryl Streepis opening up about one of her favorite roles: being a grandma.

TheDevil Wears Prada 2actress, 76, spoke alongside Anna Wintour in a new article forVogueand made a few rare comments about being a grandmother of six.

Streep is grandma to six grandkids — her son Henry shares daughters Ida, 5, and son Quinn, 4, with wife Tamryn; her daughter Mamie shares a son, 6, and a daughter with estranged husband Mehar Seth; and her daughter Grace shares two daughters, ages 3 and 2, with husband Mark Ronson.

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During the interview, interviewer Greta Gerwig asked Streep about being a grandmother, first noting that the star is "incredibly involved."

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"Some say over-involved," joked Streep, who was then asked how she balances this new job with her career.

"It's just grabbing seconds, just grabbing everything you can of them, with the knowledge of how completely fleeting it all is and how rapidly time goes," she explained. "This is what my mother said to me, and I said, 'Yeah, yeah.'"

"It's the longest, shortest time. And you can't get anything back. So take as much as you can...I find it divine," continued Streep. "I have six grandchildren, six under six. They're six, five, four, three, two and one. I hope we're not done, but we'll see."

The actress also shared that she's grateful to her kids for allowing her to spend a lot of time around her grandkids.

"I can't even talk about how much it means to me that my kids give me as much time as they do with their kids," shared Streep. "The only thing is that they're on two coasts, so I'm in the airplane a lot."

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