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Acting has been my lover and best friend. My confidant and my tormentor. It has given me support and broken my heart and mended it.
Sally Field
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Sally Field
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
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Pasadena
California
Sally Margaret Field
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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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My agent said, You aren't good enough for movies. I said, You're fired.
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It took me getting to my 50s before I could say Whatever! about other people's criticism, especially when it's not true.
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I've never had my heart broken. It's a very sad state of affairs. I think everybody should have their heart broken. I don't think it says anything good about me at all.
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