Sandra Bullock

I've been in enough films where the studio wanted that extra little cuteness to make it sellable.

I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.

Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.

I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you'll be surprised what goes through your head.

Being in front of a camera, in a nice dress, getting all dressed up, is extreme. There's a lot of other extreme situations, you know, just getting out of bed sometimes is extreme - but I do it. Just got to do it, just got to get up. Put your sweatpants on, brush off the dog hair and just get out of the house!

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.

I love fashion. I love couture. I'm going to erect a shelf in my bedroom with an art light to be the spot for the shoes of the month.

Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that.

I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff.

I always said if it gets to a point where I really want a child, I would adopt; kids are amazing, so I'm getting the selfish stuff out of my system so when I have them I can say, 'Go, run. I have plenty of money, go play.'

I think most people have that out of body experience when they win the Oscar.

Would I like to go into space? No. Maybe I'd do it when I'm old and have done everything else on this planet.

I don't know if I always want to be in front of the camera. I love producing, I love the camaraderie. I love the adventures. I love the stress.

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

The good mamas are often tough mamas.

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.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

Failing is what we do, or stumbling is what we do on a daily basis.

Paparazzi need more flattering lenses.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

I spent so many summers and New Years and fun times in New Orleans. It was always a place where I felt I could go and actually let go and enjoy the spirit of something.

I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.

I feel like when you have an unauthorized police badge and something that looks like it could be a concealed weapon in the small of your back that when you, someone crosses you, pisses you off, road rage, I think just the slight badge and the little moving away of the jacket and not losing eye contact does amazing things.

Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it.

I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level.

The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and divine intervention.

I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

Everyone told me to pass on 'Speed' because it was a 'bus movie.'

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!'

People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance. What they didn't know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial, no matter what the cost.

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.

I'd like to think at some point instead of it being a woman's film or a man's film, it is just a great story, and both sexes can go and get the same enjoyment out of it.

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

The joke or the pratfall is easy for me to do.

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me.

Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.

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.

I'll do anything for free stuff.

I'm aware that I can be annoying.

I don't think we spend enough time in silence, just realizing what's floating around in our noggin.

After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.

Lemons clean everything. It's the greatest disinfectant.

I have no desire to maintain a lifestyle. I am a horrible celebrity. If I am out in public I dress like a pig.

No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.

I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.

I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

Every movie is a love story.

I know when I'm getting ready to mess up, I'm going to do it full-on.

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

As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more convenient to not be intimate.

I've always wanted to do a female buddy film, the kind the guys get to do.

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

I gave up coffee. It's almost worse than giving up a lover.

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

I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.

I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know.

My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride.

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

Women are like ovens. We need 5 to 15 minutes to heat up.

Everyone told me to pass on Speed because it was a 'bus movie.'

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

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

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

I go to bed wearing a very baggy one-piece cheetah suit, just because it makes my son laugh. My sexy lingerie has been locked in a drawer for a while. Sandra Bullock

Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person.

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.

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.

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.

I didn't have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the screw-everything, have-a-good-time phase.

Failing is what we do or stumbling is what we do on a daily basis.

I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out there.

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.

We are all deserving of love.

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 was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.

I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring.

Every single second of every single day... I don't know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I'm always plagued with, 'Did I do enough? Should I go in a different direction?'

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am.

Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.

I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

I'm simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I'm here to play. And that's all I should be.

I love fashion. I love couture. I'm going to erect a shelf in my bedroom with an art light to be the spot for the shoes of the month. I want them to serve another purpose.

Everyone does things for love.

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.

I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.

Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

Everything works out the way the universe wants it to work out.

Everything in large doses is gonna kill you. Even happiness.

If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.

I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.

I just want people to admit that there's no one way to live your life.

I hate the term 'rom-com.'