My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You'... by Sally Field

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

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

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

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I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failur... by Sally Field

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

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To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is... by Sally Field

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometime... by Sally Field

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

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The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you. by Sally Field

The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you.

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I don't know what happiness is. I have periods of feeling joyous and peaceful and excited about what I'm doing, but I am also frequently very sad.

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Quit thinking about your weight and start thinking about your worth and who you are and what you haven't done yet. What you want to accomplish.

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Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, it's our hope for the future.

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You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.

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In reality, people are people. Age does a weird thing to your body on the outside. It makes your face fall and weird things happen all over. But inside, you're the same person you always were.

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When it came down to doing the nude scene, I couldn't hide how humiliating it was for me; I burst into tears.

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Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do.

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The people who stand on the sidelines and criticize aren't actually in the arena, spilling their blood.

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I've grown used to being lonely over the years, so I don't seek to change it. But aren't there many people who are lonely?

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I find that’s one of the great things about acting-you have the opportunity to stand in somebody else’s shoes. Each character faces a dilemma in her life, and as an actor you’re able to step into that character’s skin, look through her eyes. You leave transformed, a different person, because once you live a little bit of someone’s life, it changes you.

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And I realized that sometimes the greatest triumphs in your life come in on little cat feet and sit on silent haunches and it's up to you to see it before it moves on.

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If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever. by Sally Field

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

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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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I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

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Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

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