Meryl Streep attended the 'Julie & Julia' press conference at the 4th International Rome Film Festival yesterday afternoon. The actress admitted that although she played a seasoned cook in the movie, she's nothing like the famed chef at home.

"I cook OK. I cook every night, so every night is not great. Every night is OK."

Streep said she also can't match Child's dexterity with knives.

"I am really not that adept a cook as she was, especially with that rapid-fire knife," she said. "If I did that in my kitchen everybody would run because there would be a lot of blood probably."

I've started to notice that people are expecting actors to really relate to the characters they play in movies these days. I was at an event with a few "mommy bloggers" and some were actually protesting Uma Thurman's new movie, 'Motherhood' because the actress admitted she never read a "mommy blog" before. They really caught me by surprise because I just don't share their opinion. I don't need the actors to have some official connection to the storyline. I just need them to ACT like they do on the screen.

What do you think? Now that we live in an age where we know EVERYTHING about celebs, are you upset when you find out actors can't relate to the parts they play? Does it make you want to watch a movie more or less either way?

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