164 Quotes by Sally Field

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

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.

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.

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

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

I've never had my heart broken. It's a very sad state of affairs. I think everybody should have their heart broken. I don't think it says anything good about me at all.

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.