Sally Field Quotes

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

As an actor, I'm more interested in characters the longer I have lived with them.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

I wouldn't be able to tackle a character like Rosalee on 'Underground' without having tackled the many characters I've played before.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in general, they get more complicated, so you get to bring all your crazy life experience to the table.

It wasn't my intention in going after this part but I suppose now I do. The adult roles are a lot meatier - you're not always just the daughter or the girlfriend or whatever.

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.

The road Cordelia has travelled, the journey she has taken up to now has been such a joy to play as an actress, because there have been so many chances to do so many different emotions.

I'm not looking to do 'Half Nelson' next, but to play anything that's a little more complex is really fun.

It's fun doing 'McLeod's,' but at the same time the show doesn't go very deep, so there is only so far you can go with a part like that.

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.

To me idealized characters are so boring to play, especially having grown up in the classical theater. That's a great experience, but as a woman, especially, you've played a lot of idealized characters. So when you've got someone who has weaknesses as well as strengths, that's interesting.

I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

If I played characters who were like me, I'd be super bored.

I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.

It's a dream to be able to just play a multi-faceted character.

I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years.