Why Sally Field is ready to share her own story

[@mallorielouann546]

I respect this woman so much. Growing up, my mother and grandmother always loved Sally as an actress. I did as well, though I just turned 18, and recently I've been watching things like this, and for some reason she reminds me of myself so deeply. I'm not sure why. She seems so genuine and her story is astounding. God bless this woman.

[@jamessullivan1714]

He's a great interviewer and she is wonderful to listen to.

[@3vs547]

I'm so sorry that Sally ever thought she might be a failure. I have always loved her acting. If she was in the movie, I wanted to watch it. She has always been a success to me.

[@isabelps812]

Thanks to Sally for writing with such honesty. A beautifully moving story.

[@thibsteven]

Way to go Sally! It's extremely rare to hear a celebrity speak so honestly and from the heart. Keep making the world a better place to live in. I'll always be in your corner!!!

[@annehajdu8654]

If she did nothing else but Sybil, she would still be regarded as a brilliant, deeply gifted actress. She took my breath away in that stunning performance and it must have been a haven for some of Sally's own rage and confusion. Ironic she speaks so of pieces, and her Sybil was a mind fragmented, in shattered pieces.

[@emiliogerardo8639]

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[@elonpatrick4722]

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[@emiliogerardo8639]

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[@elonpatrick4722]

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[@lolitamorris2943]

She looks so great and in ☮️ peace. From pieces to peaceful

[@julientyt]

Sally Field is such an inspiration to humankind and such a mother figure for lost souls out there, I feel blessed to be able to come across her works.

[@allthehardtimes]

Sally field looks great what a amazing career and woman

[@CusterFlux]

Brilliant woman - thanks for using your gifts to explain your journey Sally.

[@AnotherOak]

You arent introspective?

[@montemichelbleu]

She comes off as genuine and nice as i would have imagined her to be. Have always adored her and admired her abilities. Even in a weak production - when Sally Field comes on the screen, you pay attention - and it gets better. Thank you!

[@EphemeralProductions]

i love how honest and open she is about her past, and what she is now, and how her past has *affected* who she is now.

[@BMarPiano]

The last couple of minutes of this interview are beautifully put. I hear you, Sally, and have great respect for you. A deeply profound book; very honest and beautifully written.

[@neillightfoot32]

Congratulations on this accomplishment Sally. Coming out of the fog is life changing.

[@curiousnook6358]

I just finished her book- it came with a free audible, which helped because I could listen while doing other things and it is read by Sally. It was wonderful and I love Sally all the more after spending the last 2 days immersed in her life.

[@bweb6]

I read it recently too. Totally agree with you.

[@MTknitter22]

thanks Curious Nook, I like the audible book read BY the author

[@AnitaD28]

She’s quite an amazing person inside and out and a brilliant actress. I’m so sorry she had to endure such hardship.

[@donnabunce1639]

Now I must buy your book and read it! As a survivor, I am set free a little more listening to your words! Thank you🙏

[@CarolDudeck-bl7kz]

I so respect Sally Field she’s lovely and intelligent!🌺

[@catmomjill]

I love Sally. Her Gidget portrayal really affected my life. Love her so much!

[@jeffmaclean7843]

I loved her since The Flying Nun when I was just a few years old. But, why the "Flying" Nun? Why not just a regular nun?

[@isabelhernandez3760]

LOVE her. An all around great human!

[@vickimanager]

I just finished reading the book today. I would love to read more... I hope she writes another volume.

[@BellyLaugher]

That was beautiful--that conversation; those clear clarifications in response to some assuming questions AND the interviewer's capacity to pivot graciously & follow the storyteller thru the clarifications vs trying to lead/direct her back/to take on his presumptions/interpretations so that he actually came to being genuinely grateful/happy to know HER story/experience, instead--to know & unferstand.. Also, Sally's willingness & patience/graciousness to consider Tom's questions thoughtfully. I appreciate this video being here. Thank you both.

[@Dathan]

Thanks for sharing this interview. She has been blessed with a great genes and longevity.

[@BabyandLittleGuy]

Sally Field is one of our BEST American actresses ever. Period. She brought a genuineness to each role she played. Her work in "Places in the Heart," "Sybil," "Norma Rae," and "Murphy's Romance" is among the very best in cinema and television. And in "Lincoln," she was every bit Daniel Day Lewis' compliment. The filmmakers were LUCKY to have a Mary Todd like her. Ms. Field truly connected with her costars on film. Sally is a TRUE American original. Congratulations to her on a brilliant career and on a life lived in such a classy manner.

[@jeffmaclean7843]

Near the end, Bert Reynolds said she was a really great actress!

[@MTknitter22]

Jeff MacLean 😂😂😂😂 I know

[@OldLadyTrucker]

Thank you for telling your story and giving voice to child sexual abuse. It helps others to know that we are not alone and that the face we show the world is the armour we wear to survive. No amount of therapy can help us move on without finding our voice.

[@daveparsons6956]

This interviewer is not connecting at all with Sally, he's not listening to what she is actually saying. He's very lucky that she is as professional as she is and takes the rough with the not so rough. What a lovely lady, she reminds me a lot of my mum. I guess as the interviewer gets older and matures he might understand a bit more.

[@kate1345]

Telling the end of the book made me WANT to read the story of how you got to that point with of your mom. I have always loved you!

[@richardhayduk9429]

Sally is so loveable, she is a accomplished actress who has had some really great roles. She seems to have had a hard life though.

[@dorothybardy1309]

I have always loved sally fields she such an amazing woman I have always wished to meet her. I love her movies 📽🎬🎞and I remember watching some of her movies and shows on something that looked liked this 》📺wayy back then lol 😏😁and then all movies started being put on VHS but still on TV'S and more up to date but in some ways I miss the old ways of things my husband and i were just saying the other day how things and years are moving a little to fast things need to SLOOW DOWN Some and sally i also would like to thank you soo much for all your hard work time and effort over the years in making movies no i don't know you personally but it sure would be an truly amazing experience to meet you i also would like to say I'm sorry to hear of burt Reynolds passing😥 rip burt Reynolds🍃🌸🍃🌼🍃🌸🍃🌼🕊😇 thank you so much for sharing and I hope that everyone has a great day and God bless 🕊🍃🌸🍃🌼🍃😇

[@QwithTomPower]

What lovely words! Thank you so much for sharing and thank you so much for watching!

[@luannshoop2190]

@@QwithTomPower nice job!

[@sarahgreen3465]

I love her

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Sally is a wonderful actress

[@lukeshioshio]

She’s my favorite actor

[@jackszakacs7096]

Amazingly honest, genuine presence; thank you.

[@curtismurray9793]

you're a great interviewer and deserve a long career man, stay away from the S@M, well on social media anyhoo

[@shar1ngthemusic]

I feel in my heart her voice. She says something though that doesn't reaonate, when she says I can't stop to feel, it will take too much time, you have to keep plowing through. I feel like that there's still a part of her that doesn't feel comfortable with being and letting the feelings flow through. I get that, I'm not that myself, but I wanna be & I don't wanna excuse myself of doing it anymore.

[@rafikbain724]

Sally. Thank you.

[@nancydriver8850]

I read the book. Sally is a great actress.

[@susansackrison3139]

Jesus is the answer to being wholly alive Miss Sally. God loves you so much!

[@david-leethompson62]

Very Strong Women.

[@kriskringle6173]

Sally's a good girl. I hope the best for her. With whatever shes going through. Just find peace. Closure. Happiness. Shes still cute as a button. Seems like a really sweet lady.

[@amberdickerson4179]

sounds like I need to get this book. she has been one of my favorites since I was a little girl. When you're just a regular person you can tend to view celebrities as not having these kinds of problems. and they can act like it too. so...what a wonderful thing she did. so deep and personal. Relatable.

[@ritaheilig3575]

Yet again, a young child being abused by her step father and her mother seems to be totally unaware of this terrible situation. How can a 7 year old be abused and the mother not know?????? Sally has had to cope with that and the consequences for the rest of her life. I am sure Hollywood did not reassure her that people are actually kind!!!! Poor woman, you never know what someone is dealing with in their lives.

[@hydrolito]

Josef Fritz of Austria started abusing his daughter Elisabeth at least by age 11 according to her, he locked her in a hidden underground basement at age 18 entered into from a narrow passage of the regular basement. The mother reported her daughter was missing but the cops didn't know why and she had run away at 15 so they thought she had just moved away. Josef kept her a prisoner for over 23 years, he had 7 children by her one died as an infant. He claimed his daughter had joined a cult and pretended three of the children were abandoned and left on his door step and he fostered them. The other 3 and Elisabeth stayed hidden in that secret basement. Social workers visited the house and even renters lived in the house but none of them knew what this guy was doing. It wasn't until he took his older granddaughter that was also his daughter to a hospital for sever medical problem that they even began to figure it out.

[@MTknitter22]

I think we mothers know deep down that many mothers DID too “know” but so often everybody wants to give Mom a pass on that, and it makes it so much hard not to be angry about that which is a whole NUTHER problem..

[@suzih.6687]

Well..can hardly put the book down. Just taking a break to listen to this. Thanks for this interview.

[@AwesomeBeatles]

Where are these woman today ? We need her today. She looks so good.

[@bradjennings8714]

Shes a great legendary name in TV and Movies.

[@blkimble]

Sally Field is such an incredible and amazing actress

[@lorihaynes71]

I'll be getting your book #sallyfield . we have many things in common. Maybe it can help me make sense of my own life.... You've always been my favorite Actress. You put so much passion into every character and I end up missing the character terribly. My daughters are named Ma'Lynne, Shell'be & Sally.... You're a true inspiration. God Bless You.

[@kerry1759]

Love her.

[@rodweeks9607]

A very thoughtful interview. I just finished reading this book a couple nights ago, and I'm sad it ended.

[@mariefinley8435]

Beautiful hearted lady and a Legend Always

[@jtmichaelson]

Amazing how her name conjures up immediate titles, Forrest Gump, Smokey & The Bandit, Gidget, and even Places In The Heart but NEVER Mrs. Doubtfire. I have always forgotten she starred in that movie. I'm not sure if it's because I felt she was greater in other films, or if Robin Williams was just that powerful. Sally was my first crush when I was 9 going to see Smokey & The Bandit at the theaters the week it was released. She was amazing in the film, Places In The Heart, and the moment I knew she was one of the most underrated actresses in the world. And today, in this interview, I see she is still crush-worthy, an actress from my past that has entertain me. Thanks, Sally, if you ever get to read this.

[@plane_guy6051]

I don't think she had a very big role in Doubtfire and she also didn't play a very likeable or even rememberable part.

[@sandraalvarez3038]

I love this lady

[@davecooke7868]

Love Sally ❤❤❤

[@Mimi-xg5gu]

Amazing interview.

[@trenier23]

I'm just starting Sally's book. The cover photo disturbed me as she has the saddest eyes I've ever seen. I'm so used to seeing her as perky and happy. I'm looking forward to the book.

[@glenacrossen4444]

I think that Sally Field was great, I watched her programs or shows when I was growing up, she was a great actress at times I wish I could have done the things she's done.

[@elainelosee7974]

I like and admire Sally. Sounds good 👍 to hear her courage, it was painful to speakout. I believe 🙏 🙌 women need to carefully watch their children, boy Or girls. No one is more important than your children, Trust your gut, trust Your child. Beautiful Story Sally, know it Was 💔. For you, but is helpful to Many. Love all your Movies!

[@richardralmaraz6501]

Brilliant star!

[@Mr.Sidenote]

Sadly, artists are usually tortured souls that find this same kind of safe place in another form of expression, which is sort of a mask they can hide behind and yet still get to experience things that they otherwise wouldn't have. On the other hand, they are not truly authentic experiences and ultimately feel hollow. I'm glad that Sally was able to get some closure with her mother while they were both still alive. This book, to her at least, probably felt like her greatest accomplishment (besides her children) in a life full of accolades and adoration. Very inspirational to see it. I thought the interviewer had thoughtful questions and handled everything respectfully.

[@goldenmare2594]

sadly, many many victims believe some how they are responsible for the abuse...but IF the dig deep as Sally they learn they no way caused the abuse

[@galegregory341]

So sad but so right

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Sally is very very nice

[@ericbarritt304]

It's amazing how this KZbin story has suddenly streamed into my domain this Sunday morning July 25th 2021. I'm sure it is no coincidence. For the past 2 years I've been working on a house plan for an energy efficient remodel of a typical 1100 square foot 1950s bungalow with a full basement. A house I once owned in Edmonton. Getting the design just right has become almost never ending. It's a lot like trying to find the answer to something before dicovering the question. Besides her good looks, Sally Field's appeal to me was how all of her characters seemed to be surrounded by idiots of selfish greed. Here character never knew all the answers, but she could tell when things were not right. "Life is like a bowl of chocolates", are wounded words from someone who got the sour jelly filling. Never the less, she is a fighter with integrity, and that is truly the only important thing that matters. What is wrong is wrong & if nobody is going to fix it, I will!

[@ericbarritt304]

People, who is the elephant in the room that nobody is talking about? I was set up, and my father and his brothers were too. Did my dad meet Edward VIII, in 1924? That was the year Frank Capon was murdered. I think my great grandmother was important to the Royal Family's interests during that time. I found a gold and ruby plated medallion with a knight on a horse, hidden away in Dad's stuff. Was it a gift? Also; was my dad in Cuba with Errol Flynn and Ernest Hemingway between 39 & 40, right after the making of Robin Hood? If I was writing a story about the mysteries of my father that I never knew, I would say, ya, he probably was. And guess who else probably showed up just when Dad was doing a stupid trick on stage for a bet? Non other than Eddy the 8 Man himself. That's why Ernest girlfriend told him to not go into town anymore. People, you don't erase a person's medical records & then say to everyone who is interested - & I mean everyone was interested - "let's see how this thing turns out", And here's another bet. I bet that is exactly what they said. Who is "they"? The elephant, people! - the RCMP, the police, oh ya, they were always present. Nobody said anything to me. That in itself is manipulation. When we first arrived in Edmonton in the Spring of 58, we were just little kids & we all got sick. I was still a toddler, but before the Summer ended all of us had our tonsils pulled. I was the first in the family to get mine pulled. Dr Mush worked, or once worked for the RCMP. When Dad came back from the States in 61 or 62, he took me to a coffee shop a couple of times. It was an old building that was located right next to the original Edmonton Court House. I remember it. Churchill Square stands there now. When Dad took me to this coffee place, he would say to me that someday when I get into trouble, I should keep coming to a place like this. Five and a half decades later, that is what ended up happening. It wasn't by conscious choice, but by unconscious fate that I was always showing up at a coffee shop in Edmonton. Dad, they were watching and hearing everything that you were doing when you were running around the Middle East and Europe. It's probably why they hurt us. I was hospitalized twice in 58. I was the only child in the family that was born with blonde hair, and kept my blonde hair until the age of 3 or 4. I'm the person who was making up all the stories and songs people. I made up the name Bob Dylan because I didn't think that Eric Barritt sounded like a rock-and-roll folk singer's name. These people are all lying.

[@ericbarritt304]

My dad was a nice guy. Undoubtedly, he was under a huge amount of pressure. I don't know what he might have done. He was getting tapped by these people all the time. Just like they are still doing to me.

[@ericbarritt304]

A good part of 1940, Dad was only 22. What ever might have happened in Cuba, it would have been a one-two punch. I would say even sorcerous. There are a lot of options for manipulation when you are watching someone all the time. Especially if you are a young man or a young boy. Even the people that come into your circle can be part of the setup. I think this is what happened to me at Broadway Pentecostal Church in Vancouver BC. By the middle of 2000 top members of that church where making me feel unwelcome, and while that was going on there were outside sources that were making it clear to me that they were nosing into Broadway Church. Very highly manipulative. Were the RCMP and Vancouver Police getting involved at Broadway Church at that time?

[@ericbarritt304]

I could just go on and on about unusual encounters over decades - every part of my life.

[@jasminejones9937]

NORMA RAE is the best movie Sally Fields ever made I loved her for playing that part You could tell she really believed in the subject matter.....WORKERS RIGHTS !!

[@angelaholmes8888]

I respect sally for revealing what happened to her when she was a child I believe her it takes true courage hopefully she has helped other survivors of sexual abuse as she did with me

[@zaki-ollahrustemi3815]

Her intelligence was very obvious on her from the very beginning of her career .

[@infoanalysis]

Why are they wearing headphone?

[@goldenmare2594]

many sexual abuse victims..learn to numb to all around, they just walk through life not engaged....why too the sooner therapy is put in [place..the better chance for a full life

[@timrogers8503]

I wonder if she ever knew the late Patty Duke? They both had crisis childhoods, including molestation. So sad. I admire them both.

[@TexasMan77]

What about her real father, did she ever know him?

[@calliopelove]

Cringe watching any of his interviews. Sally is amazing

[@larahamilton2273]

I’ve always loved Sally Fields and this interview is fascinating. However, I’ve heard other interviews and her responses seem scripted. She uses similar phrases, intonation, and expressions. I’m not sure what to make of it.

[@malivertt297]

you could think about it like this: when you are asked similar questions over and over, you’re responses almost become a speech because you have recounted the story over and over.

[@MTknitter22]

yes like a role, and I do not mean that in a disrespectful way

[@ivorboner908]

Recent review of her biography 'In Pieces' here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpealYxpq7B4mLM

[@GARY84ROCKS]

Great actress. Well-intended person. But doesn't believe in due process with accusations... just follows her emotions.

[@mariaalano3077]

This book is a blasphemy.to Burt Reynolds and her own.family. I would be embarrassed if I were her child. There are things in our lives we don't even share to our family and even closest friends, we keep it to ourselves..And she still gave him Money? It's almost.machochism.

[@nanfeliciano5465]

spit it out...you are hard to interview ...Things are not always what they appear

[@plw7930]

She is not easy to interview.

[@EphemeralProductions]

this is one of the most annoying interviewers though. He talks really fast, and asks dumb uninformed questions. He obviously doesn't have much idea of what he's doing. Sally braved this a lot better than I could have. LOL It got pretty hard for me to watch after only a few minutes, just due to that annoyance.

[@angelacarleton9575]

Unfortunately, what she is talking about comes to many children due to the lack of women that don't look out for their daughters. What she said, about finding an answer to why things happened - I can see there is a sense of desperation for some women due to lack of responsibility for any decisions that she should have been made. That is how I see my past which I thought was a nighbmare until my 60s when a word became a trigger to the old memory.

[@jennifferwalton3345]

The truth is we do know of times or situations where women have lied. We do know of men who have been falsely imprissoned. Not saying Sally or Dr. FORD lied, only that lies happen and its also horrific to convict someone who didnt actually do it.

[@janross708]

Remember The Flying Nun?

[@rkomgm3932]

How evasive she want you to buy the book

[@unprocessed_life]

well yeah. itd be weird to detail everything in an interview

[@rkomgm3932]

Thanks sally

[@maureentice5286]

I have never heard such a vacant uninformed intrusive, emotionally disconnected interviewer as this man. I'm left furious that Ms. Field was subjected to this man who in the end reminds me of a Barbara Walter's type interrogator.

[@cece8095]

She’s better than Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep is wonderful, she’s phenomenal but I think Sally kind of surpasses her..

[@mariaalano3077]

Too much hoolabaloo about.meryl Streep, There are too.many good actresses..has anyone seen Keira Knightley in this Tolstoy classic movie, Anna Karrenina. And it was even flop.in the box office, maybe because it was not a Hollywood produced film. It didn't have Hollywoodly.distribution and marketing.

[@joeman6158]

Sally needs God in her life through Jesus the Christ She must be born again Burt Reynolds hurt Sally Only Jesus can heal her heart.

[@truthhurts7742]

She had a path to acting...her mom. Her mom was an actress. What is she talking about?!?!

[@MTknitter22]

yes @truth hurts and Jock Mahoney was a bigger name than her Mom, it was not hard to get into acting

[@stevematthews7568]

SALLY FIELD??? SALLY FIELDS???

[@hutchviews]

She seems kind of aloof and cold in this interview.

[@melaniefowler8841]

I agree -a little off

[@rkomgm3932]

Very much so She wants you to buy the book and was evasive on exact details

[@luannshoop2190]

@@rkomgm3932 I agree!

[@IanThaddiam]

It's because she is hiding a vast well of rage.

[@rkomgm3932]

Ian Thaddiam interesting I think you are completely correct!!!! Yes she’s holding back on rage

[@mariaalano3077]

She's a good actress, but what she does now appearing from program to program about her private life is a cheap shot.i lost my respect. She's a Tabloid. Ursula Andres was asked for.herMemoir, she declined, a class act.