The legendary actress Sally Field was born in 1946, in Pasadena California. From the TV series, The Flying Nun and Gidget, Field rose to fame and success.
Later, Field had acted in iconic movies like, Smokey and the Bandit, Norma Rae, Mrs. Doubtfire, Forrest Gump, and more.
The actress received Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award back in February of 2023, and she talked about her illustrious career, where she received many awards throughout her career.
Field received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Film Award nominations, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, two SAG Awards, including her most recent Life Achievement Award, along with a Tony nomination.
In her humble accepting speech, “Offstage I felt shy and careful and hidden. But onstage I never knew what I would say or do. I would surprise myself. I wasn’t looking for the applause, or attention, even though that’s nice,” Field said.
“Acting, to me, has always been about finding those few, precious moments when I feel totally, utterly, sometimes dangerously alive. The task has always been to find a way to get to that.”
“They opened and revealed parts of myself I would not have known otherwise. I’ve worked my whole life. In all of these almost 60 years, there is not a day that I don’t feel quietly thrilled to call myself an actor,” the famous actress said.
Back in 2016, when the legendary actress acted as Doris Miller, she talked with NPR. “I’m an old woman, 70 is old, and that’s okay. I’ve gathered strength behind my years, I owned them, I’ve earned them, I’ve deserved them, I have a right to have them. And I don’t like my neck, I don’t like a lot of things but it’s okay.”
Back in 2009, Field talked about aging with Good Housekeeping too. “I see myself on TV and I say, ‘Oh, I wish that weren’t happening to my neck. And your face is falling down, and your eyes are so puffy.’ But then I see some of the women (who have had plastic surgery) who I thought when they were younger were so beautiful. Now I think, Oh, dear, don’t do that! And it seems to be terribly disrespectful to who they are now.”
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