Quotes from Sandra Bullock

Paparazzi need more flattering lenses.

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

I'm aware that I can be annoying.

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

I've never been a blind romantic.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world.

I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.

Don't be someone else's slogan because you are poetry.

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 like normal, simple, good people.

I don't ever want to come home saying, 'I should have spoken my mind. I shouldn't have let someone say something that I didn't feel was right.'

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

Whoever established the high road, and how high it should be, should be fired.

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

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

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