Sandra Bullock Quotes
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I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then so many things would be missed.
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I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.
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Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.
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Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.
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Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing.
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I don't like to fly. I've never been a good flyer. I have a lot of friends that have permanent nail marks in their arms... The moaning that comes from me when there is turbulence. It's awkward for everyone around.
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I was raised in Washington, DC in a household where one parent was a Republican and the other was a Democrat, so I got both sides.
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Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful.
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There's no magic numbers in birthdays in my life, there are no milestones, there's no event. Every birthday has to be celebrated to its fullest, even if it's with one person or with 20.
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I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.
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I was able to say to everyone, 'Would you be willing to take a role that you've cherished and worked on for a long time and change it to female?' And there was not any hesitation, which was a real win. That hopefully shows a shift in the climate for women in film, although we still have some climbing to do.
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No one has proof that I know of, that a higher power exists, yet a major portion of the world believes in it and relies on it in faith in trust, in what that is. Where is the science in that? And yet you have incredible belief in that.
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I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car.
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I realized that being an actor was something I never owned up to, in a weird way. I would be a hostess or a waitress or a house restorer before I would consider myself an actor, because I never thought I was good enough.
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When you're an actor, seeing yourself for the first time, you spend all your time just watching yourself and hating yourself and picking your performance apart. You say, "I look horrible. I should quit."
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When I was a struggling actress in New York in my 20s I worked in a burger joint called Diane's Uptown. I actually loved waiting tables. I still keep who I was in my mind and never take anything for granted.
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The costume designer designing clothes that helped the comedy in The Proposal, that sold the character. Each and every detail was so perfectly thought of, what wouldn't be here? That's a lost art.
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If I die tomorrow, will I have gotten everything in the world I've ever wanted? No. But I will have gotten everything that's made me happiest.
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The thing I remember the most was not understanding why, if you were doing the right thing, then why did people want to kill you? I remember asking my parents, 'Why is it when people are trying to help other people then they're dying?'
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Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.
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I hated my whole childhood, hated it, hated it, hated it. There was no place for me.
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I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.
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Getting into television was a total fluke.
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I think most people have that out-of-body experience when they win the Oscar.