Biography
Measurements
Bust: 33"
B
Waist: 24"
Hips: 34"
(Shoe size: 8 1/2)
Friends and Family
Samantha Mathis
[Friend]
(actress)
Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 "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. "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)
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.
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.
On Speed 2: That was a mistake, but in retrospect how are you supposed to know?
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.
"Everyone told me to pass on Speed (1994/I) because it was a `bus movie`".
"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".
"The Acadamy 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".
(on marital plans) "I`ve always been very sceptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way."
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.
I`d rather take risks than make something that`s cookie cutter.
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.
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.
The only reason I haven`t married yet, is because I take it too seriously.
Trivia
Her mom taught her to speak German.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $10 million.
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]
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.
Sandra and her husband, Jesse James, were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver in Massachusetts on April 18, 2008. Both vehicles were totaled but no one was hurt.
Was considered for the role of "Harper Lee" in Capote (2005), and later got the role in Infamous (2006). Both films concern Truman Capote`s researching and writing of In Cold Blood (1967).
After college, she moved to New York to waitress.
At 40, she was voted sexiest female celebrity in a `Naughty Forties` poll conducted for UK television station FX.
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.
Has a house on Tybee Island, Georgia.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [March 24, 2005].
Shares a birthday with Kevin Spacey, Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy Piven.
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.
Sister-in-law of Raymond Prado.
Stepmother of Jesse James` children Chandler, Jesse Jr. and Sunny.
Was originally cast as Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Her favorite drinks are beer (Heineken and Rolling Rock) and tequila.
Her favorite perfume is Dune, by Christian Dior.
Her favorite time of the day is dusk.
Her sister is Gesine Bullock-Prado, a lawyer and Vice-President of Fortis Films, aged 33 (2001).
Is from the same Metro Area as Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Mya, Regina Hall, Alan Heitz and Dwayne Winstead.
Owns a house in Austin, Texas where she filmed some scenes in Miss Congeniality (2000).
Replaced Nancy McKeon in the sitcom "Working Girl" (1990).
Studied ballet when she was a child.
Uses the ancient Chinese technique of accupuncture as a form of weight loss.
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.
Appeared in Bob Schneider`s video `Round and Round` (2000).
Born at 3:15 AM.
Is fluent in German.
Owns a home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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).
Voted "Most Likely To Brighten Up Your Day" by her high school class.
Was considered for the lead in Runaway Bride (1999).
While filming 28 Days (2000), in New York, she stayed in former co-star Dennis Hopper`s apartment.
Attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Daughter of a German opera singer and an American voice coach.
Friends with Samantha Mathis.
Graduated from Washington-Lee HS in Arlington, Virginia in 1982.
Her mother, opera singer Helga Bullock, died in Arlington, VA. [April 4, 2000]
Replaced Lori Petty in Demolition Man (1993).
She replaced Demi Moore in While You Were Sleeping (1995).
Was a cheerleader in high school.
While working on Two If by Sea (1996), discovered she is allergic to horses.
Wrote and performed her own song "Heaven Knocking On My Door" in The Thing Called Love (1993).
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