Sally Field Credits Jack Nicholson With Reviving Career After ‘The Flying Nun’ Ensured She “Couldn’t Get In A Room To Audition”

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Throughout the years, two-time Oscar-winning actress Sally Field has made her distaste for her breakout, titular role in The Flying Nun known, but while opening up to People, she revealed it was fellow Actors Studio alum Jack Nicholson who helped get her career going again afterward.

After starring in ABC’s hit fantasy sitcom from 1967 to 1970, Field said she “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.’”

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