Sandra Bullock

"I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car."

"Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it."

"Every single second of every single day... I don't know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I'm always plagued with, 'Did I do enough? Should I go in a different direction?'"

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

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

"I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring."

"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."

"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."

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

"I love fashion. I love couture. I'm going to erect a shelf in my bedroom with an art light to be the spot for the shoes of the month. I want them to serve another purpose."

"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."

"I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people."

"I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform."

"I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you."

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

"I've never been a blind romantic."

"If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences, then they're going to make movies with that person."

"It's sad when you say a $30 million film is an inexpensive film, but it is."

"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."

"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!'"

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

"Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies."

"When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people."

"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."

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

"Would I like to go into space? No. Maybe I'd do it when I'm old and have done everything else on this planet."

"You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family."

"You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family."