Field accepted the award fromAndrew Garfield, who acted alongside her inThe Amazing Spider-Manand its sequel.
Garfield called her a pioneer of the entertainment industry who has devoted her life off screen to righteous advocacy.
I had multiple personalities.
I worked in a textile mill, picked cotton.
Ive been Mrs. Doubtfires employer, Forrest Gumps mother, Lincolns wife and Spider-Mans aunt.
Ive done scenes wearing 50 pounds of period dresses.
I was 17, fresh out of high school.
I didnt have an agent, and I was working under whats called the Taft Hartley Law.
I first found this stage when I was 12 years old in the seventh grade.
And after that, I never left the drama department.
I felt shy and careful and hidden.
I would think and rethink everything before I could say or do anything.
But on stage, I never knew what I would say or do.
I would surprise myself.
I wasnt looking for the applause or attention, even though thats nice sometimes.
Anyway, its never been about a need to hide myself behind the characters of other people.
But honestly, I was a little white girl with a pug nose born in Pasadena, California.
