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sagaftra.org • SAG-AFTR A SPECIAL ISSUE 2023 • 74 because it's what you have to do to breathe, to feel alive … then you're probably in it for the wrong reason. If you think it's going to be a lot of stardom or a lot of financial success, eh, you're probably in the wrong place. If I were starting out now and were 16, I'd probably just go to college!" she laughed. In recent years, Field returned to the stage once again in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway, receiving a Tony nomination, took on Arthur Miller's All My Sons at the Old Vic in the UK, and appeared in several new media projects, including Maniac on Netflix and Dispatches From Elsewhere on AMC. In 2012, Field was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2015, then-President Barack Obama honored her with the National Medal of Arts. In 2019, she received the Kennedy Center Honor. Field is deeply committed to using her platform to support numerous charitable organizations and advocate for social change. Her activism placed a global spotlight on the alarming disappearances of young women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez, and on issues such as nuclear proliferation, where she joined forces with Dr. Helen Caldicott and Lily Tomlin. She also continues to bring awareness to issues and causes close to her heart, such as women's health, LGBTQ+ rights, and protesting for climate change action and awareness (for which she was proudly arrested along with friend Jane Fonda in Washington, D.C., in 2019). She also sits on the Board of Directors of Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international women's nonprofit and non- governmental organization that directly invests in changemakers across the world, promoting women in leadership positions. While it truly seems that Field has done it all, she is by no means singing her swan song. In addition to her new film, the family drama Spoiler Alert, she appears for the first time with Fonda and fellow SAG Life Achievement honorees Lily Tomlin and Rita Moreno in the comedic, sports-related ensemble piece, 80 for Brady. "It was so much fun to make," Field told SAG-AFTRA. "We laughed a lot, and I wanted for at least once in my life to work with my dear, dear, friend Jane." On Feb. 26, Sally Field will receive the SAG Life Achievement honor, a merit bestowed by the members of the SAG-AFTRA Honors & Tributes Committee, and it's an accolade that is especially meaningful to her. "This comes from my acting family," she told SAG-AFTRA, "so I am deeply honored and flattered. I mean, these are my comrades, the ones who really know what it takes. I'm very happy." IF I WERE STARTING OUT NOW AND WERE 16, I'D PROBABLY JUST GO TO COLLEGE!