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I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.

Sally Field

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Sally Field
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Pasadena
California
Sally Margaret Field
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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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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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I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.
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I've had such an odd career.
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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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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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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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Quit thinking about your weight and start thinking about your worth and who you are and what you haven't done yet. What you want to accomplish.
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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 really like cable T.V.
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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'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 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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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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I have a tendency to think of myself as the mutt of the litter. I'm not purebred.
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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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My agent said, You aren't good enough for movies. I said, You're fired.
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Change is never easy.
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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'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.
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