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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
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
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Pasadena
California
Sally Margaret Field
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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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My agent said, You aren't good enough for movies. I said, You're fired.
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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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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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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 never felt safe. In high school, acting is what I did to stay sane. It wasn't about showing off it was about revealing parts of myself that I couldn't reveal anyplace else.
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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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What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.
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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 have a tendency to think of myself as the mutt of the litter. I'm not purebred.
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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 was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.
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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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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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Change is never easy.
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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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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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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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