Sally Field Says This TV Show Made Her Unemployable

Sally Field opened up about being unemployable after starring in a ’60s TV present with a wild plot — however because of Jack Nicholsona drought in her appearing profession ended.

During an interview with People printed on May 9, Field, 79, spoke in regards to the problem she confronted following the fantasy sitcom The Flying Nun. The present starred Field as Sister Bertrille, a petite nun who may fly with the assistance of robust winds catching her wing-like non secular headwear.

Field stated that after the collection ended, she “couldn’t get in a room to audition.” The actress recounted, “I couldn’t get on the list. They thought they already knew what I was. ‘No, thanks. We don’t want any of that.'”

Eventually, Field determined to throw herself into finding out on the Actors Studio in Los Angeles, coaching beneath founder and coach Lee Strasberg.

“I had to tell myself that if I wasn’t where I wanted to be, I had to get better,” she recalled. “It had to be that it was on me to make it different. I felt if I wasn’t doing that, then I was just handing them all the power.”

Ultimately, Field stated that Nicholson noticed her working with Strasberg and advisable her to casting director Dianne Crittenden and director Bob Rafelson. She then snagged a task within the 1976 film Stay Hungrydirected by Rafelson, and in addition starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jeff Bridges.

“So in some weird way, my theory was right,” Field identified. “I worked at the Actors Studio for so long — and it was so hard — that Jack had seen it and the word spread.”

The Flying Nun aired for 3 seasons from 1967 to 1970. In addition to Field, the sitcom featured Marge Redmond, Madeleine SherwoodAlejandro Rey, Shelley Morrison, and Linda Dangcil, amongst others.

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