Quotes from Sandra Bullock

Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome.

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

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

I now know that anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned. If you don't have kids and animals, you don't truly know what real life is about.

If you don't have kids and animals, you don't truly know what life is about.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

I don't need any more stories. I have enough stories. I need a life.

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.

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

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion.

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

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.

In our film business, they say it's recession-proof, but there's no such thing. I think what it's done is there's been an increase in demand for high-quality product. If you understand the business side of it, there's a way to balance it.

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

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

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.

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.

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