Sandra Bullock Quotes

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion.

You never quite know what the change is until, one day, you wake up and go, "Wow, I'm reacting to things differently and I feel differently."

You can't really dance properly to James Brown. If you dance to James Brown, you look like an idiot. There's a lot of jerking.

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.

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you.

If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences, then they're going to make movies with that person.

I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability to figure out people's rhythms. It all starts from the script.

If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.

It's the rare happening when actors get together and you have chemistry, connection, just something that works, that's bigger than what's on the page.

My mother always told me, 'Don't get married. Make your own life. You don't need a man.'

Nothing makes me happier than dancing. It transforms me. It's the only time I let out what is inside and I feel completely sensual and sexy and alive.

I don't understand why there needs to be a love interest to make women go see a film. I think society sort of makes us feel that way - that if you don't have a guy, you're worthless.

Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

Lemons clean everything. It's the greatest disinfectant.

Everyone does things for love.

I love good romantic comedies. There just aren't a lot of them. But, I love comedies, and I'll never stop doing them.

Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week.

I can't cry on demand. I need to feel what I'm feeling. I can't just say, 'Give me a moment' and then cry.

I keep saying, 'Don't change. Be who you are,' but society is really strong in their opinions.

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.

Anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned.

I like lists, I'm controlling, I like order. I'm difficult on every level.

I think a lot of actors, comedians, musicians, artists are drawn to this world, because you're allowed to excavate whatever it is that you're struggling with, and hopefully turn it into art.

My mother was ahead of her time as a woman.

I never realized that as a woman I would be looked at as less than until I was pretty deep in this business and realized, 'Oh my God. I'm being treated this way because I'm female.

I've done all my tricks. I'm tired of myself.

I've pretty much kicked over every stone. And there's nothing in me that says, "I must create this particular thing."

I can't selfishly take journeys anymore because I have to take a little boy along with me.

Leaving my house and getting on to a red carpet is always crazy for me, because you have to find a way to be comfortable in the most uncomfortable situation imaginable.

I don't think we are the only planet that has life.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

As long as I have enough money for makeup artists, everything is okay. I feel young and very free. But one day, my face will be too old for the camera.

You don't. It doesn't work. One day, you wake up, and you've learned how to store it, and you go to another part of the heart.

When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.

Sure, I've done movies in which I was embarrassed by my performance, or might not have cared for a co-star. Then I'd have to tell lies, like, 'Oh, we love each other; everything was perfect!'

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.

Women should do a lot more fighting. I don't think it's fair that we can't get into a good fight.

Now, I love men, but I don't need to always be talking about them.

I'm not a fan of reality shows, but I am a fan of people who use their brains and skills and hard work to outsmart people, not to steal someone's man or get drunk on TV.

I realize that once I stopped fighting the technical process of how to move my body, I made it choreography.

I rely on music heavily, just in life and in my work.

I'm very musically inclined. My parents were opera singers. As a young child, I could hear operas and I knew if they were sad, or if they reminded me of something, or they brought back a memory.

I hate the term 'rom-com.'

I hated my whole childhood, hated it, hated it, hated it. There was no place for me.

I hope they invent a machine in which you type in the age you want to be, and it lifts and separates everything nonsurgically.

It's such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It's a joy and a relief. Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring.

We don't trust anyone who does anything nice. That's just the sad world we live in.

I know nothing about love and romance, so I prefer to stick to just comedy.

I think Benjamin Bratt is the most dreamy... he's dreamy! And I love the fact that he's got this Peruvian heritage; he's absolutely striking.