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Interview
'Sybil' new start
for Sally Field
By David Baker
Film Critic
GAMECOCK: What was it about the original Smokey&the
Bandit that made you want to be in it?
FIELD: I decided to do it at the insistence of Burt Reynolds,
whom I did not know at the time. I did it to help free myself
from the tension of Sybil, which I had just completed. I
needed to do something light-hearted. I needed to have fun.
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FIELD: Frankly, no. Absolutely no one connected with the
project dreamed it would be the enormous success it was.
GAMECOCK: Some people have accused you of selling out
by appearing in the sequel. To what extent is that true?
FIELD: I did Smokey&the Bandit II for sentimental reasons.
The salary, which was very nice, was somewhat secondary.
But, primarily, I didn't enjoy the thought of some other actress
occupying my seat in the bandit car.
GAMECOCK: Which of your performances do you credit
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FIELD: I try not to think too much in those terms. My image
is in other people's minds, so they would have to answer that.
Certainly, Sybil would be mentioned by most people, I'm
sure. People saw me in a different light after that.
GAMECOCK: How big a part do you see the Academy
Award for Norma Rae playing in your career?
FIELD: I can't answer that.
uAiWKtoCK: What does the award mean to you personally:
FIELD: The Academy Award, and all the other awards that
have come this year, have given me enormous personal
satisfaction. My big goal for 15 years has been to be
respected as a serious actress -- though serious certainly
'Honors simply mean that / am
getting nearer my goal. But they are
also frightening in that they challenge
me to do even better and never slip
backwards?though / certainly will.'
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also frightening in that they challenge me to do even better
and never slip backwards -- though I certainly will from time
to time. I've only taken a few steps up a very difficult
mountain.
GAMECOCK: How much, if any, of your Norma Rae
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portrayed in your first film, Stay Hungry?
FIELD: The Southern aspect didn't influence me a great
deal in Norma Rae. It was her will, her spirit, her determination.
GAMECOCK: What is your philosophy of acting?
FIELD: I suppose "study, study, study...work, work, work."
I try to find those parts of me that are like the character I'm,
* playing. I am Sybil, I am Norma Rae ami I am Frog.
GAMECOCK: What do you see yourself doing five years
from now?
FIELD: Whatever else I am doing five years from sow, I wilt
be raising my two sons, Eli and Peter, and acting. Those are
the two certainties.
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