Sally Field Quotes
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When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'
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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
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I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.
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I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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I've had such an odd career.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.
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If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish – there was a bit of nobility about her.