Jun 11, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 14 segments
Oscar-winning actress Sally Field gets real with Ben Mankiewicz. Drawing on her memoir In Pieces, she discusses her fraught relationship with ex-boyfriend/Smokey and the Bandit co-star Burt Reynolds…
Sally FieldGuest
Ben MankiewiczHost
And Norma, I said, "No." I found myself sticking up for Norma, and it was, it was the turning point for me and for us because I, I was always frightened of Burt's brutality.
He could be physically mean and, um, like my stepfather was, and I was so little.
And Burt stepped over the line wanting to get in the way of my work, the thing I had worked for so long, and he said, he, he picked on Norma, and I said, "Norma is not a whore.
She's this incredibly brave and complicated woman." Just doesn't sit well with me anymore, George.
And Norma, I said, "No." I found myself sticking up for Norma, and it was, it was the turning point for me and for us because I, I was always frightened of Burt's brutality.
He could be physically mean and, um, like my stepfather was, and I was so little.
And Burt stepped over the line wanting to get in the way of my work, the thing I had worked for so long, and he said, he, he picked on Norma, and I said, "Norma is not a whore.
She's this incredibly brave and complicated woman." Just doesn't sit well with me anymore, George.
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