Sally Field On ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’, Playing Old Women, Staying On Top, And Why That Infamous Oscar Speech Was Misunderstood – The Actor’s Side

Sally Field does not mind playing an “old woman” as she puts it to me about her role in the new Netflix movie, Remarkably Bright Creatures. If fact she embraces it, and isn’t afraid to even reveal she is about to turn 80 later this year.

Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech in 1985, where she famously declared, 'You like me, you really like me,' is often misunderstood as a moment of insecurity, while she intended it as a heartfelt expression of gratitude.