Sally Field was honored with the 2023 Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award, marking a long time within the movie and tv business. Field, 76, accepted the respect through the award ceremony on Feb. 26 on the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
During the present, Field was launched by her The Amazing Spider-Man franchise costar Andrew Garfield — who playfully heaped reward on the long-lasting actor — earlier than a montage of her illustrious profession highlights performed and he or she took the stage to ship a heartfelt and humble speech. Getting candid about her profession, Field mentioned of appearing, “It has by no means been a couple of want to cover myself behind the characters of different individuals . . . [It] has all the time been about discovering these few valuable moments the place I really feel totally . . . typically dangerously alive.”
Speaking of her journey from her early profession in lighter roles like “Gidget,” Field acknowledged that whereas her path wasn’t straightforward, she is aware of others have had it tougher. The actor instructed the gang, “When I go searching this room tonight, I do know my struggle, as exhausting because it was, was light-weight in comparison with a few of yours.”
Still, Field mentioned, “Easy is overrated. I’ve flown on wires and surfed within the ocean, rode on horses and wagon trains and quick vehicles . . . I’ve been Mrs. Doubtfire’s employer, Forrest Gump’s mom, Lincoln’s spouse, and Spider-Man’s aunt.”
“There will not be a day that I do not really feel quietly thrilled to name myself an actor,” she mentioned. “Thank you, thanks for this nice honor.”
The 76-year-old is the 58th recipient of the SAG lifetime achievement award, which is historically given to an actor “who fosters the best beliefs of the appearing career,” in accordance with a press launch from the Screen Actors Guild.
The two-time greatest actress Oscar winner has been nominated for 9 SAG Awards all through her profession, successful excellent efficiency by a feminine actor in a drama sequence in 2009 for “Brothers & Sisters.”