Sally Field

Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.

I haven't had an orthodox career.

I've had such an odd career.

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.

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

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

I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.

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.

Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

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

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.

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