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The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.

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Sally Field
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Pasadena
California
Sally Margaret Field
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I think when you're reaching outside of something you're comfortable doing, you're just heading towards a light. I don't think you stop to justify it.
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I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.
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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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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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My agent said, You aren't good enough for movies. I said, You're fired.
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You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.
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I've had such an odd career.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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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'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.
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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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Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, it's our hope for the future.
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What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.
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I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
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People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?
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