Sally Field Quotes

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

Many people must have looked at my life and thought I was quite fortunate. But I felt lousy about myself - and as you now know, I didn't come from a place where I had a lot of self-confidence.

We just fight our way through it. But you can't just get up and walk out without repeating the behavior over and over.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

It took me getting to my 50s before I could say "Whatever!" about other people's criticism, especially when it's not true.

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

All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.

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 came from a real working-class show business family.

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

The bad thing about being with an actor is that the role he's in stays with him all the time. The good thing about being with an actor - well, I can't think of any good thing.

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.

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

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.

You know, people really don't understand what actors do.

I always wanted to be a great actor.

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

I never felt safe. In high school, acting is what I did to stay sane. It wasn't about showing off; it was about revealing parts of myself that I couldn't reveal anyplace else.

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

I haven't had an orthodox career.

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

I really like cable T.V.

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

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?

I've had such an odd career.

Get over it. Get on with your life.

I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.

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