Sally Field is mother fuckin' boss. Excuse my language, but seriously, she has to be one of the best actresses of our time. She is beyond incredible. Seriously. If you are not up to date with how amazing she is, then let me fill you in. In 1976, she was in this made for TV movie, in a role that Natalie Wood and Audry Hepburn turned down. She played this young girl that had Dissociative Identity Disorder, (more commonly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.) If you live under a rock, the title of this movie is Sybil. Because of her, the movie was nominated for a Golden Globe and won four Emmy's, including Best Leading Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special. Which makes complete fucking sense. She had to jump characters in an instant. And I don't just mean that she had to change emotions. She had to adjust her voice, her facial expressions, her demeanor, along with emotions. And in an instant! BOSSILY! I can't even begin to describe how amazing her acting job was. I can't. So just watch the movie.*
What else, you ask? Well, despite the fact that Tom Hanks took the spotlight as a mentally handicap man who had could teach the world quite a few great lessons, Sally Field played his mom, and she was awesome. She won a SAG Award and a Kid's Choice Award. Yeah, even kids know how bossily Sally is. She also had one of the best monologue I've ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EjNa8Ukg_0
Okay, it cut half of it off, but you can still see... Freakin' awesome. Along with being in Mrs. Doubtfire, Where The Heart Is, and along with a bunch of other movies, and she makes the TV show, Brothers & Sisters, what it is.
So, do you get it? Sally Field is a mother fucking boss.
*Fun Factoid: Joanne Woodward, who plays Dr. Wilbur, played Eve in one of the first media portrayals of Multiple Personality Disorder in Three Faces of Eve.
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