Sally Field
Sally Field
Sally Margaret Fieldis an American film and television actress and director. Field began her career in television, starring on the sitcoms Gidgetand The Flying Nun. She ventured into film with Smokey and the Banditand later Norma Rae, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She later received Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Absence of Maliceand Kiss Me Goodbye, before receiving her second Oscar for Best Actress for Places in the Heart. Field received further...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth6 November 1946
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.
You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.
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!
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.
The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you.
Western Costume, and the old Universal wardrobe that is huge and they're getting rid of so much of it now, which is sad.
My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.
I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one.
You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.
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.
To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.
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.
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.