Perfect specimen of human being, Meryl Streep, was joined on stage by Selma director Ava DuVernay and Pakistani documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for a panel titled "Story Power: Three Great Women In Film," part of the sixth annual Women In The World Summit.

Moderated by Jon Stewart, the panel had the women expounding on a number of subjects including the limited number of roles for women in Hollywood (an issue recently highlighted during a segment on Tuesday's premiere of Inside Amy Schumer).

"The women who have been directors have been, largely, they've had a really rough time breaking in in our business," Streep said. "But a lot of it has to do with imagination. This act of empathy, that women go through from the time we're little girls–we read all of literature, all of history, it's really about boys, most of it. But I can feel more like, you know, Peter Pan than Tinker Bell. Or Wendy. I wanted to be Tom Sawyer, not Becky!"

Streep will next step into the role of iconic British activist Emmeline Pankhurst in Suffragette, a film that traces women's fight for the vote in 19th-century Britain. The film co-stars Helena Bonham Carter and Carey Mulligan.

Watch a clip of Streep from yesterday's panel below.