Sandra Bullock Quotations

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

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

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

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

There's so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it's sometimes far worse to emotionally cheat on somebody.

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.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family.

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

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

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

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

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

There's something sexy about a gut. Not a 400-pound beer gut, but a little paunch. I love that.

I think everything is going to be devastatingly sad - when the phone rings, I know somebody in my family's been hurt, somebody's going to die. I'm sure a therapist would go, 'That's not a good way to live,' but every time it's not that bad thing, I'm so thankful and appreciative.

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

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It's what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost 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.

Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.

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

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

Y'know, every relationship is different. There are good marriages, bad marriages, connected partners, unconnected partners.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The universe, it balances. It makes sure you don't get a head that's too big. I love it.

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.

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?

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

Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.

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.

I will make myself sick on films, just because you want everything to be right. I can't sleep if something hasn't been done or is out of place.

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

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

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

I need to know how the clock is made after you tell me what time it is. I want to know all the details so I can understand how it works.

Free is the best. Anything free is good.

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

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

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

I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck.

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

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

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

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

A sequel is such a daunting thing, because you don't want to lose the magic and the charm of the first one.

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

I believe that every human being has mental challenges.

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

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

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

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

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

Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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 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 was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

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've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create with one day is usually disappointing because you put them up on a pedestal, and then you're like, 'Wow, that's not a nice person.'

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing.

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

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 don't want an opportunity to go missing because of my lack of organization.

I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

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

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.

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

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

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