Sally Field trained at the Actors Studio after transitioning from television sitcoms. Her Norma Rae preparation included studying textile mill operations and working with dialect coaches on Southern speech patterns. Field spent time in actual mills observing workers. Her career shift from Gidget and The Flying Nun to dramatic film took nearly a decade. The 1985 win for Places in the Heart was her second Oscar. #Acting #SallyField #ActorsStudio #CareerTransition #FilmActing | Film Acting

When Control Cost Him Everything:- Burt Reynolds and Sally Field were two of the biggest movie stars of their time, and they fell in love while filming the comedy Smokey and the Bandit in 1977. To the public, they looked like a perfect couple, but behind the scenes their relationship was difficult. Burt was jealous of Sally’s growing talent and tried to stop her from taking serious acting roles, which created tension between them. After they broke up, Sally focused on her career and went on to w

"I could hear myself, and I wasn't lost in a fog." Sally Field details how she went through unspeakable abuse and trauma as a child with acting as her "saving grace." "When you take the arts out of the schools, you disallow children who are having trouble at home, or with their own mental health, you disallow them the place to explore who they are." https://abcn.ws/2NmtFVJ | The View