Sally Field Says Jack Nicholson Helped End Her Hollywood Dry Spell After 'The Flying Nun'
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Sally Field, now 79, reveals in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE that Jack Nicholson helped end her Hollywood dry spell after The Flying Nun made her "unhirable" in the early 1970s. Field couldn't get auditions because industry gatekeepers dismissed her based on her sitcom role. She developed a career mantra to persevere, and Nicholson quietly intervened to help change her trajectory. Field currently stars in Netflix's 'Remarkably Bright Creatures.'
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· 3 pulledI couldn't get in a room to audition. I couldn't get on the list.
They thought they already knew what I was. 'No, thanks. We don't want any of that.'
I had to say to myself that if I wasn't where I wanted to be, I had to get
Sally Field, who stars in Netflix's 'Remarkably Bright Creatures,' tells PEOPLE Jack Nicholson quietly helped change her Hollywood career in the early 1970s when she experienced dry spell following her turn on the sitcom 'The Flying Nun.'
