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Picking Roles, My Way Of Choosing Them Is Vastly Different Now Than It Was A Long Time Ago, But I Can Only Be That Way Now Because Of What I've Learned From The Past. So I'm Choosing Now Not To Choose Any Work, Because When You've Had Such A Nice Ride, Unexpected Rides And Fulfilling Rides, You Really Don't Want To Take A Step Backwards. It's Really Made Me Satisfied In A Way That I Wasn't Looking For, But I Was Blessed With It And Now I Feel Really Full, In A Good Way, Where I Don't Need To Rush Out And Go Find Something.

-Sandra Bullock

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Picking Roles, My Way

Sandra Bullock

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Picking Roles, My Way Of Choosing Them Is Vastly Different Now Than It Was A Long Time Ago, But I Can Only Be That Way Now Because Of What I've Learned From The Past. So I'm Choosing Now Not To Choose Any Work, Because When You've Had Such A Nice Ride, Unexpected Rides And Fulfilling Rides, You Really Don't Want To Take A Step Backwards. It's Really Made Me Satisfied In A Way That I Wasn't Looking For, But I Was Blessed With It And Now I Feel Really Full, In A Good Way, Where I Don't Need To Rush Out And Go Find Something.

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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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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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You Can't Have Good Comedy Without Drama In It.

When People Are Like, 'life Is Good,' I Go, 'no, Life Is A Series Of Disastrous Moments, Painful Moments, Unexpected Moments, And Things That Will Break Your Heart. And In Between Those Moments, That's When You Savor, Savor, Savor.'

I'm One Of Those People Who Knows How Lucky She Is. And Every Day, I Look Around The House, And I Count My Blessings. They're All There Under That Roof.

You Don't Have To Give Birth To Someone To Have A Family. We're All Family - An Extended Family.

Extended Family

I Didn't Have A Teenage Or Early-20s Experience That Was Free And Without Worry. I Missed The Screw-everything, Have-a-good-time Phase.

As For Doing More Dramatic Work Over Comedy, I Do Whatever Turns Me On At The Moment.

I Love Raw Cookie Dough, Right Out Of The Tube. The Other Thing I Eat Is Marshmallow Fluff.

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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Competing With Other Women Wastes A Lot Of Time, And I'm Just Not Very Good At It.

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.'

It's Just Too Much If You Make Your Career Everything. It Is Everything When You're Doing It. But You Have To Find Things You Love Just As Much.

Things You Love

Sure, I've Done Movies In Which I Was Embarrassed By My Performance, Or Might Not Have Cared For A Co-star. Then I'd Have To Tell Lies, Like, 'oh, We Love Each Other; Everything Was Perfect!'

I Know When I'm Getting Ready To Mess Up, I'm Going To Do It Full-on.

All The Knowledge That I Have Doesn't Necessarily Make Me Brilliant, But I Love Acquiring Knowledge And Then Sharing It With Everybody Else.

Acquiring Knowledge

Great Acting May Be A Turn-on, But It Won't Make Me Fantasize About The Person For A Week.

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.

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.

Uncomfortable Situations

You're Never In Control. That - That Is The Greatest Fallacy Of The - You Know, There's Over 200 People That It Requires To Make A Film. And There's People Who Are In Control Of How You Look, What Your Performance Is, What Takes Are Used, What - You're Only In Control Of How You Say No.

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I Now Have Faith In Those Who Say They Represent A Faith. Whereas Before I Was Like, 'do Not Give Me A Lecture On How To Live My Life When I Know I'm A Pretty Decent Human Being. I Might Not Go To Church Every Day, But I Know I Do The Right Thing Or Try To. You're Going To Church And You're Still Sleeping Around On Your Wife And Spending Everyone's Money. How Are You Better Than I Am?' So I've Finally Met People That Walk The Walk And It's Made Me Happy, Really Happy.

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.

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