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Sandra Bullock is an accomplished American actress, born on July 26, 1964. She is renowned for her remarkable performances in films such as 'Speed' and 'Miss Congeniality'. Bullock has won an Academy Award for Best Actress and is considered one of Hollywood's most influential actresses.

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Famous Sandra Bullock Quotes

“You're never in control. That - that is the greatest fallacy of the - you know, there's over 200 people that it requires to make a film. And there's people who are in control of how you look, what your performance is, what takes are used, what - you're only in control of how you say no.”

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“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.”

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“You hear sounds and orchestration, it's ... the fastest way, I think, to your emotions, even if you don't understand the language of the song.”

Ifs Thinking Way Song Language Sound Emotion Orchestration

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“Music, somehow, breaks through, to everybody.”

Break Break Through

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“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.”

Ifs Children Young Parent Memories Singers Opera Young Children Opera Singers

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

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

Made Body Moving Fighting Process Realizing Made It Choreography

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“I had prepared myself for the second half of my life [to be] filled with other passions that don't include being in front of the camera. And then all of a sudden I got more work and more work and more work. And I went, "Well maybe things have shifted." And I think they have.”

Thinking Wells Passion Half Fronts Cameras Filled Prepared

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“I still love being creative. I still love the aspects of working together with great, talented people. But it's a weird dichotomy; I'm being blessed with more opportunities, but I'm going to be taking less of them.”

People Stills Together Opportunity Love Is Creative Aspect Blessed Working Together Be Creative Dichotomy Being Blessed

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

Particular Stones

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“I'm just having fun. And giving a sort of second shot at childhood and life - and I need to be present to do it.”

Needs Giving Fun Childhood Shots Having Fun Just Have Fun

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“Back when I was very small, and we had this bathroom with these sort of paneled mirrors on the side. And I would just sit there - because it was the only warm room in the house. And I would - if I was in a bad place - I would go to my imaginary place with these mirrors, and create this entire other world to sort of help level out what I was dealing with.”

Ifs World Helping House Sides Levels Rooms Mirrors Warm Imaginary Bathroom Other Worlds Back When

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“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.”

Thinking World Art Artist Turns Actors Struggle This World Musician Hopefully Comedian

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“My mother was ahead of her time as a woman.”

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“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.”

Way Would Be Female Treated

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“I grew up in a way where I didn't realize there were limitations.I always thought I could speak my mind.”

Way Mind Speak Realizing Grew Grew Up Limitation

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“Actually, they [ Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump] are doing pretty well on their own. They don't need my character to step in.”

Needs Wells Character Steps Trump Clinton Hilary Clinton

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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.”

Long Stills Real Shows Able Film Winning Roles Willing Long Time Female Climate Hopefully Climbing Hesitation Time And Change

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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.”

Parent Sides Republican Democrat Raised Household Both Sides Washington Dc

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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?'”

People Ifs Want Trying Helping Remember Parent Understanding Dying Asking Helping Others Right Thing Doing The Right Thing Understanding Why

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“I'm not politically vocal. I just want what's best for our country. I want our rights respected and those of my son's.”

Want Country Rights Son Our Country My Son Vocal

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“I watched a documentary about Freedom Riders. One young woman told her parents, 'I'm going to leave college to ride and represent the future.' I thought, 'Who would do that now?' Who would do that for my son?"”

Young Parent College Son My Son Young Women Documentaries Riders

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“I was actually looking at comedies and wondered, 'Why is every comedy for a women a romantic one? I was so done! Then I said, 'Could I look at every script Jim Carrey rejected?' It didn't center around me getting a man.”

Men Looks Said Done Comedy Scripts Rejected

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

Men Needs Talking

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“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.”

Needs Giving Feels I Can Moments Feelings Cry Demand Give Me

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“My quest to find a great role for myself started long before this film [ "Our Brand Is Crisis"]came around.”

Long Film Roles Crisis Brands Quests

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“I did love that scene in the movie [ "Our Brand Is Crisis"] because it's like "The Wizard of Oz." You see the backstage action of politics. You have access to see behind the curtain. You see how it's all one big advertisement.”

Bigs Action Behinds Scene Crisis Access Brands Curtains Wizards Advertisements

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“You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.”

Self Grows Growing Up Share Life Experience Sense Of Self

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“Motherhood is beautiful. Everything [my son] does makes me so happy.”

Doe Beautiful Son Motherhood My Son

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“It's nice we work in a place where you're allowed to keep coming back to have new experiences together.”

Together Nice Coming Back New Experiences

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“To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"].”

Views Passionate Point Of View Arguing Gravity

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“When you have a full page of well-written dialogue that has a thought process to it, it is pretty easy to memorize. It's a lot easier to memorize than if you're in a scene and other people are talking, and you have maybe one word or one sentence that you have to interject at the right time and in a natural way.”

People Ifs Way Wells Easy Process Natural Talking Written Easier Scene Pages Sentences Dialogue Right Time One Word Well Written Thought Process One Sentence

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“My head is filled with so much crap, or facts that I find important, but that some others don't.”

Important Facts Filled Crap

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“All the knowledge that I have doesn't necessarily make me brilliant, but I love acquiring knowledge and then sharing it with everybody else.”

Brilliant Acquiring Knowledge

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

Strong Opinion Who You Are Don't Change Be Who You Are

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“If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls who are growing up to go, 'I get to be a part of a comedy or an action film or a romantic comedy or a thriller or just a romance, without having to wind up with someone to complete us.' I complete me. I just got lucky that, after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.”

Ifs Want I Can Action Film Romance Girl Can Do Careers Growing Up Comedy Growing Wind Easier Mets Lucky Actresses Tolerate Thrillers Action Films Complete Me

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

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“You can't have good comedy without drama in it.”

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“I love my comedy too much to bastardize it with bad romantic comedy.”

Comedy Too Much

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“I got away from comedy because it wasn't being done in the way that I loved and the way that I could do it. It made me sad because I felt like it wasn't appreciated and no one was writing it so, 'I'll abandon it.”

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“Ryan Reynolds and I can be doing a scene facing the camera and somehow our back and forth and our rhythm, we know when to stop and when to volley, when to make the sound. It's like music.”

Knows I Can Sound Scene Cameras Rhythm Back And Forth Volley

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“I was a little worried that the familiarity would be a little weird, but I think for me everything is musical in my life. For me, timing is a rhythm.”

Thinking Littles Would Be Musical Rhythm Worried Timing Familiarity

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“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.”

People Needs Mean Born Ability Figures Directors Yeah Scripts Rhythm Choreographers

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“I was so thankful that I got to go back to comedy and I felt bad that I had abandoned something that I guess I was naturally given and lucky to have an loved all of my life, but didn't love it anymore because I didn't get to do it the right way.”

Way Given Felt Comedy Lucky Abandoned Right Way

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“I really am thankful that I got to do The Proposal movie the right way with people who taught me how to do comedy better.”

People Way Comedy Taught Right Way Proposal

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“I'm a good actress. That's why you know me as likable.”

Knows Actresses Know Me

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“It's such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It's a joy and a relief.”

Play Able Joy Angry Relief

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“Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring, but to play someone who just has that under layer of unhappiness, you know that it comes from someplace.”

Knows Play Nice Boring Unhappiness Layers Being Nice Exhausting

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“People who do comedy really are the nastiest people on the planet.”

People Comedy Planets

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“I didn't watch any films. This film, The Proposal, had it all in the script. Once all the pieces, once I met Anne Fletcher and I knew what she wanted and that we wanted the same things, and once they said Ryan Reynolds was on board and once the casting came together, you saw what it wanted to be.”

Said Wanted Together Film Watches Saws Pieces Mets Scripts Boards They Said Casting Proposal

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About the Author

Born: July 26, 1964
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 288

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