65 Famous Sandra Bullock Quotes From Life & Movies

While not our first choice as a motivational actress, Sandra Bullock has certainly inspired millions through her numerous movies. She’s not just an actress either and has transitioned towards a producer and well-respected philanthropist too.

Her confidence really shines through in her acting. If you’re looking for a dose of empowerment, then these quotes by Sandra Bullock have you covered:

1. 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.

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2. 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. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you’ve lost it.

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

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4. 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.

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5. I feel a huge responsibility to anyone who’s younger than me, in helping them take the road less traveled, or finding no road at all and blazing a new trail.

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

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7. 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.

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

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

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10. There’s no magic numbers in birthdays in my life, there are no milestones, there’s no event. Every birthday has to be celebrated to its fullest, even if it’s with one person or with 20.

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11. Free is the best. Anything free is good.

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12. You don’t have to give birth to someone to have a family.

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13. 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.

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

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

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16. 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.

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17. 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!

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

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

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

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21. We don’t have to pretend to be something that we’re not.

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22. There are 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.

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23. 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.

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

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

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26. 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.

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27. 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.

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28. I’ve never had good fortune with sequels. Everyone says this time is going to be better. And then I’ve done them and they’ve just been not – they weren’t better.

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

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30. 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.

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31. I don’t like guys who will lie down and take it.

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

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

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34. 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.

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

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36. I do believe in choice, the freedom of choice and carving out your own happiness.

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

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38. It’s the rare happening when actors get together and you have chemistry, connection, just something that works, that’s bigger than what’s on the page.

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

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

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41. I admire actresses who are good to women. I don’t like the ones who just don’t like women. You can feel it. They’re degrading themselves.

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

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

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

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45. I’m like the queen of planning and scheduling and I’m trying very hard to stop it. I just want to finish what I’m doing and go home. I want to have a weekend. I want to have breakfast, a stack of pancakes.

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

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47. I realized that being an actor was something I never owned up to, in a weird way. I would be a hostess or a waitress or a house restorer before I would consider myself an actor, because I never thought I was good enough.

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48. 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 the that bad thing, I’m so thankful and appreciative.

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49. We don’t trust anyone who does anything nice. That’s just the sad world we live in.

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50. The universe, it balances. It makes sure you don’t get ahead that’s too big. I love it.

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51. It’s such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It’s a joy and a relief. Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring.

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52. “You don’t have to give birth to someone to have a family. We’re all family – an extended family.

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53. 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.

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

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

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56. 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 – to be a cobbler or go live with goats.

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57. 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.

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58. 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.

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

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

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61. Human beings exist that have integrity, that knows how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that doesn’t sell out their friends.

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62. 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.

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63. 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.

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

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

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