Robert De Niro wrote a letter to fellow Hollywood legend Meryl Streep praising her Golden Globes speech critical of President-elect Donald Trump.

The 73-year-old actor in his letter obtained on Wednesday by People told Streep, 67, that she delivered her remarks 'beautifully'.

'What you said was great. It needed to be said, and you said it beautifully. I have so much respect for you that you did it while the world was celebrating your achievements. I share your sentiments about punks and bullies. Enough is enough,' De Niro wrote.

Showing support: Robert De Niro, shown last month in New York City, penned a letter of support to Meryl Streep following her Golden Globes speech critical of Donald Trump

'You, with your elegance and intelligence, have a powerful voice – one that inspires others to speak up as they should so their voices will be heard too. It is so important that we ALL speak up,' he added.

De Niro ended the note with the salutation: 'We love you. Bob'.

Streep took the stage at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday to accept the Cecille B. DeMille Award for 'outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment'.

The three-time Oscar winner took shots at Trump, 70, without mentioning him by name.

Annual award: Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award on Sunday at the Golden Globes and during her speech was critical of Trump without mentioning him by name

Streep said she was stunned when 'the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country' mocked a disabled New York Times reporter in a moment replayed throughout the election.

'It kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still can't get it out of my head, because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life,' Streep said.

She noted that 'when the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose'.

Famous friend: De Niro and Streep are shown in November 2008 in New York City

Top honor: President Barack Obama awards De Niro with the Presidential Medal of Freedom last November in Washington, DC

Streep then named names as she pointed out the diverse backgrounds of her colleagues in the audience.

'Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners, and if we kick them all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts,' she said.

Trump took to Twitter the next day and posted that Streep was 'one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood' and called her a Hillary Clinton 'flunky'.

Streep and De Niro starred together in The Deer Hunter (1974), Falling in Love (1984), Marvin’s Room (1996) and First Man (2004).