Top 55 Quotes by Sally Field

I always wanted to be a great actor.

People really don't understand what actors do.

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

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.

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

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.

I came from a real working-class show business family.

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.

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

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