Sandra Annette Bullock is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. After making her acting debut with a minor role in the thriller Hangmen , she received early attention for her performance in the sci-fi action film Demolition Man . Her breakthrough came in the action thriller Speed . A line of successful films followed throughout the 1990s, including While You Were Sleeping , The Net , A Time to Kill , and Hope Floats .
Bullock achieved further success in the following decades in Miss Congeniality , Two Weeks Notice , Crash , The Proposal , The Heat , and Ocean's 8 . She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in the biographical drama The Blind Side , and was nominated in the same categories for her performance in the thriller Gravity . Bullock's greatest commercial success is the animated comedy Minions , which grossed over US$1 billion at the box office. In 2007, she was one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses, and in 2015, she ranked as the highest-paid actress. She was also named "Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine in 2015.In addition to her acting career, Bullock is the founder of the production company Fortis Films. She has produced some of the films in which she starred, including Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and All About Steve . She was an executive producer of the ABC sitcom George Lopez , and made several appearances during its run.
“I now know that anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned.”
On her three step-children with husband Jesse G. James
Parade interview (2009)
Context: 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.
“I never did anything according to what anyone else wanted. That's why I think I am happy.”
Parade interview (2009)
Context: I never did anything according to what anyone else wanted. That's why I think I am happy. I do everything 100% — even my stupidest missteps. I know when I'm getting ready to mess up, I'm going to do it full-on.
As quoted in Uptown Magazine - Winnipeg's Online Source for Arts, Entertainment & News (8 January 2009)
Parade interview (2009)
Context: I know I'm not easy to deal with. 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'm aware that I can be annoying.
“I have to fight every single day to live my true life.”
Parade interview (2009)
Context: I have to fight every single day to live my true life. 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." … [But] I have to remember that there's a balance. I'm in the entertainment business. We're here to entertain people, to make them laugh and forget.
As quoted in "Calling Her Own Shots" by Karen S. Schneider in People, Vol. 63, No. 13 (4 April 2005) http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20147269,00.html
In a brief statement (4 January 2005), upon donating one million dollars to the relief efforts of the American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ in response to the tsunamis at the end of 2004. This was her second million dollar gift to the American Red Cross; she had also donated a million dollars after the terrorists attacks of September 11th, 2001.
“Sandra Bullock on 'Gravity' Oscar Nom: 'I've Just Gotten Better at Not Picking Crap”
As quoted in http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/sandra-bullock-gravity-oscar-nom-671771
