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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.

Sally Field

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Sally Field
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
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Pasadena
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Sally Margaret Field
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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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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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If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any goddamn wars in the first place.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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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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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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All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.
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I'm highly emotional, so I'm highly aware of humiliation.
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I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
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Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.
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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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There are some actors who are my contemporaries who I think of as purebreds and I'm not.
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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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When you have kept yourself isolated, no one relates to you, you have no way of understanding actually who you are.
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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.
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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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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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I really like cable T.V.
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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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