Sally Field caused a stir in Tuscaloosa... well, actually all over Alabama... when she was asked what she would be doing if she had not become an actress. Her response? She said she would be a “really, really unhappy overweight person somewhere deep in Tuscaloosa.”
Well, bless her heart. That's the nicest thing most of us could muster.
But leave it to the tourism folks in Tuscaloosa to make a glass of Southern lemonade out of that lemon and openly invite Ms. Field to come for a visit--
To see how big a fuss she stirred up, just read this--
(Photo credit: Visit Tuscaloosa)