Melbourne, January 4 : Meryl Streep has confessed that working too hard has left her desperately in need of a vacation.

The veteran actress, who has done seven movies in the last two years, revealed she felt hungover and her getting into bed in Washington at 3am after a big night out honouring her friend Robert De Niro may have something to do with it.

"I am just so hungover. I really am," the Daily Telegraph quoted the Oscar-winner as saying.

The 60-year-old added: "Yes, I''m going to take a very big break because I have never worked so hard. When I was young and pretty I never worked this much, so I need a little refurbishment."

The mum-of-four, married to sculptor husband Donald Gummer for 30 years, further joked: "Usually I would get pregnant around this time. That''s not an option any more." (ANI)