American - Actress | November 6, 1946 -
When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.
Sally Field
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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.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.
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I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.
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I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.
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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.
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I've had such an odd career.
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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You know, people really don't understand what actors do.
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You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.
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