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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!

Sally Field

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Sally Field
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
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Fear is where the information is.
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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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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one.
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I've had such an odd career. I always wanted to be a great actor. I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn - ish - there was a bit of nobility about her. Instead I've always felt like the mutt standing on the sidelines, panting and saying, Me, too! How about me? That's just part of my personality.
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I really like cable T.V.
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What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.
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If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.
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Like a jerk, I went to a nutritionist and I ate the most repulsive, awful things. I didn't allow myself to eat chocolate cake and french fries and cheeseburgers.
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Get over it. Get on with your life.
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I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.
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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've had such an odd career.
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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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I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.
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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 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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