“For almost every character I've played in the 43 years I've been working as a professional actor, I've found parts of myself. We are all bipolar in the tiniest essence of what it is. We are all multiple personalities, in a sense, and to be healthy mentally, I think, learning what those multiple personalities are and inviting them in your life is really important.” ThinkingYearsImportantCharacterLife IsActorsFoundActingPersonalityHealthyEssenceMultipleInvitingBipolarMultiple Personalities Author:Sally Field
“I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.” TryingCharacterActors Author:Sally Field
“If you have the opportunity to play these characters that are three-dimensional and very deeply rooted in an emotional level, they stay with you. They lived in you anyway, the density of them. It takes a while to realize how they've influenced you.” IfsPlayCharacterThreeOpportunityRealizingLevelsEmotionalRootedVery DeepDensity Author:Sally Field
“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.” LooksLittlesPersonsDifferentCharacterEyeAbleFacesActorsOpportunityBitsActingStepsLittle BitSkinsShoesGreat ThingsTransformedHer EyesDilemma Author:Sally Field
“The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.” PlayCharacterOpportunityHavensComplexesGet OverComplex Characters Author:Sally Field
