Sally Field

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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 m...”

“I haven't had an orthodox career.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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