Sally Field has received the 2,524th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The two-time Oscar winner known for playing the mother in Mrs Doubtfire as well as the mother in Forest Gump can currently be seen in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 playing Peter Parker's Aunt. Good to see she's diversifying her roles there.

The 67-year old won Oscars for her roles in 1979's "Norma Rae" and 1984's "Places in the Heart." And was nominated last year for Steven Spielberg's historical drama, Lincoln.

After 50-years in Hollywood Sally Field shared some of what she has learned:

"To have a long-term career, you have to want what you want, more than you think you're capable of wanting. You have to constantly step aside anything having to do with ego, entitlements, and just head for the work wherever it might lead. I've ridden the highs and tried to learn from the lows. I have flown on wires and surfed in the ocean and rode on horses in covered wagons, and in fast cars. I've worked in mills and picked cotton and done stand up, I've done a love scene with a pelican, but then I've also done a love scene with Paul Newman."

Born in Pasadena, California and raised in a show business family, she began in television in 1964 in the series "Gidget.