Sandra Bullock-Trivia

(on marital plans) "I've always been very skeptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way."

"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."

"I remember sitting down in Joel Silver's office and Joel going, "Do you want to do this film?". I remember going, "I would like to do it, but I would love to talk about the character, and it was almost like I had said the biggest joke".

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

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

"The Academy Awards shouldn't even nominate Meryl Streep anymore. She should just be given an award every year. There should just be the Meryl Streep category".

"Everyone told me to pass on Speed (1994) because it was a 'bus movie.'"

"I'd rather take risks than make something that's cookie cutter."

"The first Miss Congeniality (2000) gave me the chance to do broad comedy that had nothing to do with being the romantic interest. The girl-next-door thing went away with that film and I tend to do characters that I want to be more like. In the beginning, though, I was sort of the 'action girl'. And then with While You Were Sleeping (1995), I was the romantic-comedy girl. But when I took time off, I thought, 'There's something I'm missing here.' I literally had to start from scratch."

"I don't like to talk about personal things. ... And by keeping it private, you have a better shot at a healthy relationship. I learned at a young age that there are certain things you just don't talk about."

"I don't think there's ever what could be called a 'chilled state' in my head."

"My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love and not say yes when I don't mean it." quoted in WOMAN'S WORLD (7-5-05)

"If I'm blessed with that, I hope I am the best version of me that I can possibly be." - on motherhood to People Magazine.

"Movie sex scenes are never romantic, and you're never swept off your feet. It's always very technical....I'm counting the beats: Okay, we're supposed to kiss for two beats, then I say my line, then they want another kiss for four beats. I'm going, One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three and break. It's like choreography. Sometimes you have actors who feel it's their job to get as far down into your throat as possible. You're like, Excuse me, I like you, but not that much." "Why do you need one? I don't understand why there needs to be a love interest to make women go see a film. I think society sort of makes us feel that way - that if you don't have a guy, you're worthless."

Her mother, opera singer Helga Bullock, died in Arlington, VA. [April 4, 2000]

On People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list. [1999]

Ranked #58 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]

While working on Two If by Sea (1996), discovered she is allergic to horses.

She replaced Demi Moore in While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Wrote and performed her own song "Heaven Knocking On My Door" in The Thing Called Love (1993).

Replaced Lori Petty in Demolition Man (1993).

Daughter of a German opera singer and an American voice coach.

Attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

Graduated from Washington-Lee HS in Arlington, Virginia in 1982.

Voted best actress by the readers of the "US Magazine" in 1995.

Voted "Best Actress" by viewers of MTV's "The Big Picture" in 1994 and 1995.

Friends with Samantha Mathis.

Was a cheerleader in high school.

Voted "Most Likely To Brighten Up Your Day" by her high school class.

Received the scar on her head when she fell into a lake and cut her head on a rock.

Sister Gesine Bullock-Prado broke Sandy's nose with her elbow while opening a garage door when they were kids.

Spent time at a Rehabilitation Clinic to research her role in 28 Days (2000).

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#27). [1995]

Was considered for the lead in Runaway Bride (1999).

Is fluent in German.

Was engaged to Tate Donovan.

Owns a home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Born at 3:15 AM

Appeared in Bob Schneider's video 'Round and Round' (2000).

While filming 28 Days (2000), in New York, she stayed in former co-star Dennis Hopper's apartment.

Her favorite perfume is Dune, by Christian Dior.

Replaced Nancy McKeon in the sitcom "Working Girl" (1990)

Her sister is Gesine Bullock-Prado, a lawyer and Vice-President of Fortis Films, aged 33 (2001).

Studied ballet when she was a child

Her favorite time of the day is dusk

Loves horses, but is extremely allergic to them

1998: Golden Globes Awards Presenter: "Best Movie Comedy/Musical"

1997: Academy Awards Presenter: "Best Art Direction"

Her favorite drinks are beer (Heineken and Rolling Rock) and tequila.

Owns a house in Austin, Texas where she filmed some scenes in Miss Congeniality (2000).

Measurements: 33B-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Uses the ancient Chinese technique of accupuncture as a form of weight loss.

Is from the same Metro Area as Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Mya, Regina Hall, Alan Heitz and Dwayne Winstead.

Is dating "Monster Garage" (2002) actor Jesse James (2004).

Was considered for the role of Lois Lane in a proposed relaunch of the Superman franchise by Warner Brothers and was also considered for the role of Wonder Woman in a film adaptation that was never made.

Has a house on Tybee Island, Georgia.

Sister-in-law of Raymond Prado.

She was originally cast as Rafi in Prime (2005) but two weeks before principal photography, was dropped due to script differences between her and writer/director Ben Younger. Uma Thurman stepped in quickly to replace her.

Shares a birthday with Kevin Spacey, Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy Piven.

Donated $1 million to the American Red Cross after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

Did the same, again donating $1 million to the Red Cross, after the tsunami-disaster in Asia in 2004.

At 40, she was voted sexiest female celebrity in a 'Naughty Forties' poll conducted for UK television station FX.

After college, she moved to New York to waitress.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [March 24, 2005].

Ranked #18 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]

Was originally cast as Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby (2004).

Stepmother of Jesse James' children Chandler, Jesse Jr. and Sunny.

Married actor Jesse James in a sunset ceremony on a ranch outside Santa Barbara, California. They celebrated with several hundred guests including Jamie Lee Curtis, William Shatner and Regina King. [16 July 2005]

Was considered for the role of Harper Lee in Capote, and later got the role in Infamous. Both films concern Truman Capote's researching and writing of In Cold Blood.

Her mom taught her to speak German.

Often said to be one of the last actors to have studied with the great teacher Sanford Meisner who trained Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Joanne Woodward at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Sandra most likely did not work with the great man himself but with a number of actors who did: Ron Stetson, Richard Pinter and Dan Biehn, the latter taught her at East Carolina University.

With her newest movie, "Premonition", she has now played the love interest of both starts of "Nip/Tuck". She previously played the girlfriend of Dylan Walsh's character in "The Lake House" and in "Premonition" she is married to Julian McMahon in Premonition.