TV Article Meryl Streep: French Lieutenant's Woman role is not her favorite, she admits on Graham Norton Show By Nick Romano Nick Romano Nick is an entertainment journalist based in New York, NY. If you like pugs and the occasional blurry photo of an action figure, follow him on Twitter @NickARomano. EW's editorial guidelines Published on April 16, 2016 04:06PM EDT Photo: The Graham Norton Show via YouTube Brace yourself for a hard-to-swallow dose of reality: Meryl Streep is not perfect. The actress admitted as much when she discussed her role in the 1981 movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman on The Graham Norton Show. Streep was 32 when the film hit theaters, and she says she’s still not fully pleased with her performance. “I’m giving myself an out, but part of it was, the structure of it was sort of artificial because I was the actress playing The French Lieutenant’s Woman,” she said. “At the same time I was an American actress playing a British woman.” WANT MORE EW? Subscribe now to keep up with the latest in movies, television and music. Watch her in the trailer for the film below. “I didn’t feel I was living it,” Streep added. “You always want to do something better after the fact.”