Sally Field

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

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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