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Sally Field quotes: I've had such an odd career.

I've had such an odd career.

Sally Field quotes: 'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.

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

Sally Field quotes: You like me, You really like me!!!

You like me, You really like me!!!

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

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

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

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

Sally Field quotes: I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one.

I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one.

Sally Field quotes: I MUST go to what desperately frightens me the chance of failure.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me
the chance of failure.

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

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

Sally Field quotes: Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

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

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

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

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

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

Sally Field quotes: To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

Sally Field quotes: I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

Sally Field quotes: I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

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

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

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

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

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

Sally Field quotes: I've done some good work and some not-good work.

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

Sally Field quotes: The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you.

The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you.

Sally Field quotes: I haven't had an orthodox career.

I haven't had an orthodox career.

Sally Field quotes: Louis Armstrong said you have to live a life. And that's right. If you don't live a life, you don't got nothin' to come out your horn.

Louis Armstrong said you have to live a life. And that's right. If you don't live a life, you don't got nothin' to come out your horn.

Sally Field quotes: 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.

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.

Sally Field quotes: I am such a notorious hermit - almost pathological. And, I'm not a hoarder. But that's just a symptom of things that I do feel.

I am such a notorious hermit - almost pathological. And, I'm not a hoarder. But that's just a symptom of things that I do feel.

Sally Field quotes: People really don't understand what actors do.

People really don't understand what actors do.

Sally Field quotes: 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.

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.

Sally Field quotes: Western Costume, and the old Universal wardrobe that is huge and they're getting rid of so much of it now, which is sad.

Western Costume, and the old Universal wardrobe that is huge and they're getting rid of so much of it now, which is sad.

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

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

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

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

Sally Field quotes: You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.

You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.

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

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

Sally Field quotes: 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.

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.

Sally Field quotes: I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

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

Sally Field quotes: You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.

You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.

Sally Field quotes: There are some actors who are my contemporaries who I think of as purebreds and I'm not.

There are some actors who are my contemporaries who I think of as purebreds and I'm not.

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

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

Sally Field quotes: If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

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

Sally Field quotes: You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

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

Sally Field quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I always wanted to be a great actor.

I always wanted to be a great actor.

Sally Field quotes: What does the Academy Award mean? I don't think it means much of anything.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don't think it means much of anything.

Sally Field quotes: I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

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

Sally Field quotes: I've never had my heart broken.

I've never had my heart broken.

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

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

Sally Field quotes: When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad 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 quotes: I'm highly emotional, so I'm highly aware of humiliation.

I'm highly emotional, so I'm highly aware of humiliation.

Sally Field quotes: Change is never easy.

Change is never easy.

Sally Field quotes: I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.

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

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

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 quotes: 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sally Field quotes: Don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life, something we're all destined to do.

Don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life, something we're all destined to do.

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

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

Sally Field quotes: When you have kept yourself isolated, no one relates to you, you have no way of understanding actually who you are.

When you have kept yourself isolated, no one relates to you, you have no way of understanding actually who you are.

Sally Field quotes: Fear is where the information is.

Fear is where the information is.

Sally Field quotes: Get over it. Get on with your life.

Get over it. Get on with your life.

Sally Field quotes: If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any God-damned wars in the first place!

If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any God-damned wars in the first place!

Sally Field quotes: I came from a real working-class show business family.

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

Sally Field quotes: Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do.

Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough ... yet." Which meant it was up to me.

I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough ... yet." Which meant it was up to me.

Sally Field quotes: I really like cable T.V.

I really like cable T.V.