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Once a Julia Roberts also-ran, now a bona fide OSCAR(R) winner Press Room Media Crush, Backstage Oscar(R) 2010 Edited by Quendrith Johnson ("THE BLIND SIDE" - Best Actress)
Q: I just would love to hear the story about Clooney throwing you in a pool. SANDRA BULLOCK: Yeah. See I could have taken that moment and gotten him back. There was also Tom Cruise involved in that as well, and I told them one day, in a very public forum, I would get them back, but George looked so tired tonight. I saw his little eyes and said, I can't do it to him tonight. Yeah. It was you might want to ask George about that. See how much information he'll give because it was funny to everyone else but me. It was actually really funny, but not at the time. Ask George. It's George Clooney. It's what George does well. Q: You have both an Oscar and a Razzie. How much are you enjoying the irony of that situation and what are you going to do with both awards? SANDRA BULLOCK:They're going to sit side by side, as they should. You know they're both we're in the entertainment business. That's what we're supposed to do. You know, it's you take the good with the not so good. But I had the best time at the Razzies last night. It is what it is and, you know, it probably means more that both of them happened at the same time because it's the great equalizer. You know, nothing ever let's me get too full of myself. It quickly chops me off at the knees, and I like it that way because it just it keeps things stable and they'll sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower. Q: Any advice for people trying in the business? SANDRA BULLOCK: Well, don't aspire to be in these shoes. You know, walk in your own. I mean everyone's really good at telling everyone else how to live your life or how to be or how to do it. Just don't listen. My mother beat it into our heads to be original, and I didn't understand that until later on and just everyone's unique and that's what makes people exciting to watch, I think, so just savour what you are and not what everyone else wants you to be. It's as I said up on that stage, you know, I questioned did I win it or did I just wear everyone down? It's if you hang in there the longest, it's, you know you know, I didn't aspire to this. I was in awe of it. I admired it. I got to watch it like everyone else did or present, but it wasn't something that I said, 'One day when I get the Oscar.' Q: Are you thinking about serious dramatic roles now? SANDRA BULLOCK: I want to do everything. I've always been one of those people that I don't like when people tell me I can't do something. Just because, you know, I did commercial films doesn't mean I couldn't do wonderful small art house films. Just because I won an Oscar, I don't want to ever stop doing something that makes people laugh. I love making people laugh. I don't know what I'm going to do next. I sort of wanted this to sort of all die down, but I'm going make mistakes and I'm going to make everyone roll their eyes and I'm going to maybe do something that works, but I just want to keep working in every genre that I'm allowed to until I'm asked to not do it anymore. Q: Did you get "blind-sided" by the award tonight? SANDRA BULLOCK: I didn't think [this film] was something that was the opportunity would ever present itself for me to rise to that occasion. And I was okay with that and I was very happy working and this came out of left field, every pun intended. Sorry. I think everything's going to be a metaphor tonight and I apologize. This is the film I said "no" to. If I thought this was going to be my, you know, golden ticket. It just was such odd circumstances and things came together in a way that I just didn't see coming. No one saw coming. And I think that's what makes it so overwhelming and unexpected. I look at the company I keep in this category and you can't pick. There's not one that rises above the others, and I love these women that I got to spend this time with so much for who they are. So I feel like I share it equally in five parts because we ladies need to stick together. You know, we're presented with the opportunities we're presented with in this business, and you're able to make some of your own opportunities. I didn't it's not conscious, but I think it makes a great inspirational story when you can see it work, when you see what someone can rise to the occasion and do. And you know, I've seen it happen day after day in New Orleans and that's why I love that town so much, and it's the people and the perseverance and the love of each other that makes that work. And I think that's what works so well in stories like that. I love stories about passion and love. Love of country, love of people. Love of sport. It's just it makes a good film. But I don't think I've ever consciously been drawn to it. I just I just end up, I guess, maybe loving it the most. Q: Was it rough to get naked in The Proposal? SANDRA BULLOCK: I looked fine but Ryan, who is my friend, is a freak of nature and it's disgusting the way he looks and all I see is him, naked. When I see him naked on the film. You know, but I think because no one expects Meryl to, you know, roll with the flow like that, I think no one realizes how much fun Meryl Streep is. I mean, she I'm not going to tell you half of what she'd do or what she's done. But she just is everything that Stanley Tucci said is right and then some. I don't think anyone expects her to do it. That's why it makes the headline. She's an awesome broad, and I think she's an extraordinary actor but she's also a really free, fun human being, so I think it's because it was Meryl. I kissed Meryl. No one's ever taken the bull by the horns like that before, but I did. Q: I want to know how you're celebrating tonight? What's the first thing you'll do? SANDRA BULLOCK: Food. I just want a burger and I just want some food. I want to sit down, take the shoes off. You know, we got some friends that are all meeting. I just want to eat. I want to eat and not sweat it and not worry the dress will bust open. I just want to relax and just eat. I'm sorry. That's all I can give you. And I'd like a nap. I'd like a nap, too. Screenmancer's News, Interviews, Reviews SCREENMANCER thanks the ACADEMY and OSCAR(R) |
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