Sally Field

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I really like cable T.V.”

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

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

“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.”

“People really don't understand what actors do.”

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

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