Accepting the Life Achievement Award during Sunday night’s SAG Awards, Sally Field reminisced on her decades-long career and her rise from the star of a situational comedy in the 1960s to a decorated veteran actor.
Field accepted the award from Andrew Garfield, who acted alongside her in The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel. Garfield called her a “pioneer” of the entertainment industry who “has devoted her life off screen to righteous advocacy.” “Sally is the epitome of acting greatness — inspired, unafraid of going deep and raw and overflowing with empathy,” he said.
When she took the stage, Field spoke of being a part of projects that “were so good that my hands shook the first time I read them,” explaining that “they opened and revealed parts of myself I would not have known otherwise.” “I’ve flown on wires and surfed in the ocean, rode on horses, in wagons, trains and fast cars.
I had multiple personalities. I worked in a textile mill, picked cotton. I’ve been Mrs. Doubtfire’s employer, Forrest Gump’s mother, Lincoln’s wife and Spider Man’s aunt.
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