Sally Field says 'Mrs. Doubtfire' co-star Robin Williams 'should be growing old like me'

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Sally Field still mourns her precocious "Mrs. Doubtfire" co-star, Robin Williams.

Before nan SAG Awards connected Sunday, Field said to People mag astir nan first representation that comes to mind erstwhile she reminisces astir her precocious friend and filming nan movie successful 1993.

"What you deliberation astir instantly is Robin. There isn’t a infinitesimal of it that’s not filled pinch my emotion and joyousness astatine being successful his presence," she said.

Field continued: "I mean, Robin was Robin. He was everything he seemed to be: a generous, loving, sweet, geniusly talented man."

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Sally Field remembered her "Mrs. Doubtfire" co-star Robin Williams astatine nan 2023 SAG Awards.

Sally Field remembered her "Mrs. Doubtfire" co-star Robin Williams astatine nan 2023 SAG Awards. (Getty Images)

Robin Williams successful nan room successful a segment from nan movie "Mrs. Doubtfire." 1993.

Robin Williams successful nan room successful a segment from nan movie "Mrs. Doubtfire." 1993. (20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)

The 76-year-old character past shared that she continues to grieve Williams and wishes he was still here.

"We each miss him," she told nan mag during nan unrecorded show. "He should beryllium increasing aged for illustration me, for God’s sakes. I dislike it that he isn’t here."

The iconic Robin Williams died successful 2014 astatine 63.

Sally Field said Robin Williams "should beryllium increasing aged for illustration me."

Sally Field said Robin Williams "should beryllium increasing aged for illustration me." (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

At nan grant show connected Sunday, Field accepted nan SAG Life Achievement Award. During her acceptance speech, nan character recalled her salient profession successful Hollywood, including her domiciled arsenic Miranda successful "Mrs. Doubtfire."

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"I’ve flown connected wires and surfed successful nan ocean, rode connected horses, successful wagons, trains and accelerated cars. I had aggregate personalities. I worked successful a textile mill, picked cotton. I’ve been Mrs. Doubtfire’s employer, Forrest Gump’s mother, Lincoln’s woman and Spider-Man’s aunt," Field said. 

"I’ve done scenes wearing 50 pounds of play dresses. I’ve been afloat clothed, semi clothed and wholly naked."

Sally Field accepted nan SAG Life Achievement Award connected Sunday.

Sally Field accepted nan SAG Life Achievement Award connected Sunday. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The "80 For Brady" prima continued successful her speech, sharing that from nan clip she was 12 years old, she knew she loved acting. "On stage, I ne'er knew what I would opportunity aliases do. I would astonishment myself. I wasn’t looking for nan applause aliases attention, moreover though that’s bully sometimes," she said. 

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"Anyway, it’s ne'er been astir a request to hide myself down nan characters of different people. Acting, to me, has ever been astir uncovering those fewer precious moments erstwhile I consciousness totally, utterly, sometimes dangerously alive."

Janelle Ash is an intermezo writer for Fox News Digital.