Top 302 Quotes & Sayings by Sandra Bullock - Page 2

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.

I'm aware that I can be annoying.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

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 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.

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.

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

Once you learn how to say no, that's about the only place that you'll have control of your work and what you do.

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.

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

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.

The good mamas are often tough mamas.

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.

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.

Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.

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

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

Don't corral me, and I'll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day.

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

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

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

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.

If you can't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't be putting it in your body or in your environment.

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.

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

No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life... until you have a child in your life.

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

I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way.

I'll do anything for free stuff.

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.

I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.

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.

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

Children should be allowed to be children and not be sold.

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

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

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

Everyone does things for love.

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

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

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.

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.

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 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.'

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

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.

I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car.

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

I know nothing about Christianity, nothing about football, and I'm not a Republican.

Nobody can make me cry in public. I'll punch them first before they make my mascara smear.

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.

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.