Sally Field: When Larry Met Sally

LG: Your plane never took off but collided into two other planes. Did you think you were going to die?

SF: I didn't really think about it. It seemed like forever when we were just barreling around out of control. All I could think about was holding onto Sam. I wasn't screaming, I was just trying to hunker down and get into a position that I could brace my legs so that I could keep him safe.

LG: Did you get injured at all?

SF: No. I had bruises on my rib cage from the seat belt, that's all.

LG: Okay, last questions. You and CAA head Michael Ovitz went to high school together. Were you friends?

SF: I knew him. I was half a year ahead of him so it separated us a little bit. Then I knew him when he was a young, young agent. Then he called me when he separated and started CAA and asked would I come and be a client because I was a high school friend. At the time I said no. But then I went with him a couple of years after that.

LG: Did you see in him the kind of power he was to become?

SF: Honestly? No, I didn't see it. I see a different side of Michael than anybody except his wife, Judy. One good thing about Michael, he has close friends that he keeps from high school and college, so it really keeps him the old Michael. I know how powerful and how quite genius-like he is at certain business aspects, but I still just see the young kid in high school. And he relates to me like that: 'I can't believe what you've done, I'm so proud of you.' So it's nice.

LG: In the '80s you were involved in the anti-nuclear movement. Are you still involved today?

SF: Not so much anymore. It's not as weighty a problem as it used to be. Now it's recognized for being as weighty as it is.

LG: Are there any other issues in which you're involved?

SF: I've been sort of laying back. I guess because there're so many people out there that I don't feel I'm really needed. But I think we're all environmentally involved, aren't we?

LG: Are there any actors you'd like to work with?

SF: The problem with me is there are very few people I wouldn't want to work with.

LG: Last time you mentioned Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, De Niro, Al Pacino.

SF: Oh yeah, that's good. I like that group. I think Al and I would be spectacular.

LG: What do you have coming up?

SF: We have tons of stuff in development. I don't know what my next project is. I may never work again. [Laughs]

LG: A lot of movie actresses like Glenn Close, Ellen Burstyn, Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Lange, Jill Clayburgh, Ann-Margret, Anne Bancroft are doing TV. You've busted your ass to move from TV to movies--do you think you will one day return to TV?

SF: Sure, if something wonderful came to me, I would definitely do it.

LG: Finally, how do you feel about the movie business today?

SF: I think it's the best and the worst... and... just mine.

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Lawrence Grobel interviewed Steven Seagal for our April issue.

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