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Sally Field Says Jack Nicholson Advocated For Her While She Studied At The Actor's Studio

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In her Sunday Sitdown interview with Willie Geist, Sally Field shared that it was hard for her to get serious acting roles after "Gidget" and "The Flying Nun," enrolling herself in The Actor's Studio in Los Angeles. "I could never say they were doing this, that they wouldn’t let me in, that the big bad industry was rotten, and this, that. It had to always be about me, and that when I was good enough, something would happen."

Field said that while she studied there, Jack Nicholson would often visit, and "had told somebody that I was a well-known actress and an undiscovered talent."

Field later won two Academy Awards for her roles in "Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart."

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