13 Curiosities about the star of Hollywood Sandra Bolluck
Sandra Annette Bullock is a German-American actress and producer. She made her acting debut with a minor role in the 1987 thriller Hangmen, and made her television debut in the film Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989), and played the lead role in the short-lived NBC sitcom Working Girl. Her breakthrough role was in the film Demolition Man (1993). Read more...
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13 Curiosities about Sandra Bolluck
1. When she was 12, her parents returned to Washington where she attended the Washington-Lee High School. She was popular at school and was on the cheerleading team and participated in theater productions.
2. Sandra Bullock favorite time of day is dusk. 12) Sandra Bullock had to audition five times for her role in the sitcom adaptation of 'Working Girl.
3. Bullock first became widely known for her role in the 1994 hit Speed. "Everyone told me not to do Speed," she tells The Virginian-Pilot. "I mean, it looked like I'd be just 'the girl,' [but] I've learned to do things by instinct.
4. Despite her busy schedule, she very well manages her business ventures. She owns a production company “Fortis Films”, a restaurant “Bess Bistro”, Walton’s Fancy and Staple bakery, and is an executive producer of the George Lopez sitcom.
5. In high school, Sandra Bullock was voted by her class as "Most Likely To Brighten Up Your Day." Sandra Bullock went to the same high school as Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine--but at different time.
6. In 1993, Bullock replaced Lori Petty in the futuristic Sylvester Stallone vehicle Demolition Man, but critics largely panned the film as “incoherent” and “one-dimensional.
7. She's done a lot of romantic comedy type movies and did her last one before saying she wanted to focus on more serious and challenging roles. Her final one was Two Weeks Notice with Hugh Grant. "I had the ultimate romantic partner in Hugh Grant. So I've done that nice chapter in my life, and that chapter is closed...I'd rather go watch one than be in one because I wouldn't buy it if I was doing it now," she tells Vogue.
8. When she was 12, her parents returned to Washington where she attended the Washington-Lee High School. She was popular at school and was on the cheerleading team and participated in theater productions.
9. In 2006, Bullock was acclaimed for her portrayal of author Harper Lee in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous. "It's a very scary undertaking," Bullock tells Vogue, of playing Lee. "I'm sort of in a new phase in life where I don't want to do anything that doesn't petrify me, even if it's not well received. It's good to do things that scare the shit out of you...It's not the lead, but it helps tell Truman's story and it's scary. But this chapter's all about scary stuff."
10. Sandra Bullock has been rumored to be one of the last actors to train with Sanford Meisner, but she probably just worked with people who worked with him.
11. By 2009, Bullock's films had grossed over $3.1 billion worldwide.According to The Numbers, her total domestic gross stands at $1.7 billion, placing her among the Top 100 Stars at the Box Office.
12. In order to prepare for her alcoholic character of Gwen Cummings in 2000s “28 Days”, she went to a rehabilitation clinic for research.
13. In 2013, she starred in The Heat, which was financially the most successful comedy of the year at the domestic box office. "I've always wanted to do a female buddy film, the kind the guys get to do," she told Parade."This didn't have anything to do with getting a guy, and it didn't involve shoe shopping." The R-rated film goes on to gross more than $150 million.
7. She's done a lot of romantic comedy type movies and did her last one before saying she wanted to focus on more serious and challenging roles. Her final one was Two Weeks Notice with Hugh Grant. "I had the ultimate romantic partner in Hugh Grant. So I've done that nice chapter in my life, and that chapter is closed...I'd rather go watch one than be in one because I wouldn't buy it if I was doing it now," she tells Vogue.
8. When she was 12, her parents returned to Washington where she attended the Washington-Lee High School. She was popular at school and was on the cheerleading team and participated in theater productions.
9. In 2006, Bullock was acclaimed for her portrayal of author Harper Lee in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous. "It's a very scary undertaking," Bullock tells Vogue, of playing Lee. "I'm sort of in a new phase in life where I don't want to do anything that doesn't petrify me, even if it's not well received. It's good to do things that scare the shit out of you...It's not the lead, but it helps tell Truman's story and it's scary. But this chapter's all about scary stuff."
10. Sandra Bullock has been rumored to be one of the last actors to train with Sanford Meisner, but she probably just worked with people who worked with him.
11. By 2009, Bullock's films had grossed over $3.1 billion worldwide.According to The Numbers, her total domestic gross stands at $1.7 billion, placing her among the Top 100 Stars at the Box Office.
12. In order to prepare for her alcoholic character of Gwen Cummings in 2000s “28 Days”, she went to a rehabilitation clinic for research.
13. In 2013, she starred in The Heat, which was financially the most successful comedy of the year at the domestic box office. "I've always wanted to do a female buddy film, the kind the guys get to do," she told Parade."This didn't have anything to do with getting a guy, and it didn't involve shoe shopping." The R-rated film goes on to gross more than $150 million.
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