Sally Field Quotes

When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'

- Sally Field

Mother, Doctor, Looked, Actor

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.

- Sally Field

Young, Been, Knew, Todd

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.

- Sally Field

Other, Cut, Plays, Monologues

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.

- Sally Field

Everybody, I Think, Very, Affairs

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

- Sally Field

Help, Feel, Issues, Human-Rights

The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.

- Sally Field

Work, Kind, Part, Best Part

In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.

- Sally Field

Work, Kind, Some, Best Part

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.

- Sally Field

Over, Last, Genetic, Diagnosed

I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.

- Sally Field

Studio, Began, Joined, Changed

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.

- Sally Field

Play, Curtains, Roles, Bedroom

I'm looking for a bunch of new tchotchkes that represent the new part of my life.

- Sally Field

My Life, New, Part, Represent

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.

- Sally Field

Real, Always, Been, Vigorous

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!

- Sally Field

Career, Fact, Feel, Orthodox

I haven't had an orthodox career.

- Sally Field

Career, Had, Orthodox

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

- Sally Field

Deal, Comedies, Learned, Great Deal

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.

- Sally Field

Larger, Ulterior, Issue, Motive

I've had such an odd career.

- Sally Field

Career, Had, Odd

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.

- Sally Field

Danger, Been, Had, Spine

I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.

- Sally Field

Fate, Been, Discovered, Reached

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

- Sally Field

Best, Magic, Sometimes, Strikes

I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.

- Sally Field

Think, I Think, Romeo, The First Thing

When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.

- Sally Field

Bad, May, A Good Thing, Bad Thing

I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.

- Sally Field

Country, Older Women, Older

My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me.

- Sally Field

College, Living, Last, Leaving

I came from a real working-class show business family.

- Sally Field

Business, Working-Class, I Came

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.

- Sally Field

Very, TV, Films, TV Series

I really like cable T.V.

- Sally Field

Like, Really, Cable

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.

- Sally Field

Business, Comedy, Television, Snobbery

I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.

- Sally Field

Broken, Think, Very, Few

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.

- Sally Field

Here, Which, Allowed, Habitual

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.

- Sally Field

Grow, Lucky, Had, Departments

I've done some good work and some not-good work.

- Sally Field

Work, Done, Some, Good Work

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.

- Sally Field

Nothing, Next, Working-Class, Great Things

'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.

- Sally Field

Moments, Where, Filled, Full

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

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Kind, Through, Took, I Was Raised

I always wanted to be a great actor.

- Sally Field

Actor, Always, Wanted, Great Actor

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

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Beautiful, Never, Been, Cliche

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.

- Sally Field

Play, Over, Which, Complex

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

Work, Television, Film, Matters

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

Work, Television, Film, Matters

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

- Sally Field

Long Time, Go, Had, Ego

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

- Sally Field

Long Time, Through, Took, Judge

Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

- Sally Field

Never, Hollywood, Ever, Accepted

The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.

- Sally Field

Deep, My Life, Play, Roles

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

- Sally Field

Movies, Enough, Fired, Agent

I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.

- Sally Field

Like, Image, Anybody, Address

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

- Sally Field

Me, Fact, Like, Deny

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

- Sally Field

Beautiful, Me, Parts, Nose

I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.

- Sally Field

Broken, Mind, Having, Heart Broken

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.

- Sally Field

Myself, Me, Half, Waiting

I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.

- Sally Field

Her, Wanted, About, Nobility

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

- Sally Field

Back, Been, Might, Fought

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