Sally Field

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

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

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

“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 always wanted to be a great actor.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've had such an odd career.”

“Change is never easy.”

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

“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.”

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

“I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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