Sandra Bullock Quotes
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
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The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.
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When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
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I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything.
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I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.
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I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.
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Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!
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A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.
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Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.
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I'm not a big guy anyway. I'm only, what, 150 pounds? I was 190 for 'Batman,' 179 for 'Warrior.' Films make you look big.
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All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.
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If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
