Sally Field

Actress

1946-11-06

Sally Field is an American actress known for Norma Rae, Places in the Heart, and Steel Magnolias. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress.

Books by Sally Field

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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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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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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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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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There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
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I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
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I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.
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