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I have a tendency to think of myself as the mutt of the litter. I'm not purebred.

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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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I've grown used to being lonely over the years, so I don't seek to change it. But aren't there many people who are lonely?
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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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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 think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
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We just fight our way through it. But you can't just get up and walk out without repeating the behavior over and over.
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You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.
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My agent said, You aren't good enough for movies. I said, You're fired.
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I really like cable T.V.
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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'm highly emotional, so I'm highly aware of humiliation.
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There's always been a shortage of roles for three-dimensional women, no matter what age. If you look at the statistics on women in film, be they behind the camera or in front of the camera, and it's pretty nauseous-making. It always has been.
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I've done some good work and some not-good work.
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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 haven't had an orthodox career.
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In reality, people are people. Age does a weird thing to your body on the outside. It makes your face fall and weird things happen all over. But inside, you're the same person you always were.
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The people who stand on the sidelines and criticize aren't actually in the arena, spilling their blood.
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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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You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.
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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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