How Motherhood Changed 15 Amazing Women

"When I was a young actress we dealt with the legacy of Katherine Hepburn who said famously, 'You can do one or the other. You can't do both,'" Meryl Streep says. "It came to my mind when I was a young actress. When I found out I was pregnant, I thought, 'Now I'll never be like Katherine Hepburn!' Well, no. But I have a perfectly good life. And thank God I have my children. My God, it's everything. But it's not without compromise and it's not without mess...but I like mess."