Denton County Living Well Magazine March/April 2019 | Page 13

THIS WONDERFUL
BUSINESS IS CHANGING,
AND PROVIDING SO MANY
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WOMEN, AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THERE’S A GREAT CHANGE
HAPPENING.
ple, it’s because of how we look, or our age,” she said.
“I’m embarrassed about it, because my son’s getting
ready to grow up in this world, and I’m trying to raise
a good man who values and appreciates women.”
Yet, health and fitness still remain a priority for Bullock,
who had to be in tip-top shape for the 2013 film Grav-
ity, a film that generated more than $500 million at the
box office. For her role, she had to be in amazing con-
dition to accomplish the grueling wirework required to
mimic movements in zero gravity. “I pushed my body
to the extreme. Strength-wise, I had to know I could do
anything [the director] asked of me at any given point,
so not a day went by that we didn’t train,” said Bullock
A throw-back to 1994, a behind-the-scenes moment
with costar Keanu Reeves in Speed.
Named as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman 2015
by People Magazine, Bullock has said that she has
a circle of peers in the industry for support. “You’d
be surprised at the love that you have. In our cra-
zy industry, the women have bonded together, and it
has sort of become this tribe of trying to take care of
each other and be there for each other in a way, be-
cause the minute you step out it is an onslaught.”
during a news conference to promote the film.
According to Shape Magazine, Bullock has said that
variety––dance, cardio, yoga, and Pilates—keeps
her regime fresh and prevents boredom. “People ask,
‘How do you actresses do it?’ Um, they pay us to
do this in order to look good on film,” she’s joked.
Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett head
an all-female crew out to lift $150 million
worth of rocks from the Met Gala in this
spinoff of the Rat Pack-inspired heist
franchise Ocean’s 8.
But, the most important thing to her is not looking
good or staying a box office goddess, it’s making a
happy home for her adopted family and living outside
the box of cultural expectations. As Bullock recently
responded to a question about fostering and adopting:
“In this lifetime we are lucky, because we can make
the family that makes us happiest. Sometimes you
just need to go out and find it and bring it home!”
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