Sandra Bullock Quotes

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

I would never wear anything because someone told me to.

My parents aren't really conformists.

I have been told too much - to talk less, to keep my opinions to myself, to not sound intelligent - all this was told to me so that I could fit in. But I never thought I fit in anyway. So if you don't fit in, at least stand out.

People tell you what you have to wear and do, and I've never been a fan of it.

I tried to be really nice and like the things other people liked and do the things other people were supposed to do, and what you find out is that they're going to bully you anyway. And I thought, 'You know what? If I'm going to get bullied anyway, I might as well get bullied for making a difference in the world.'

I feel like I had as normal a childhood as anyone, but it had a certain focus. Maybe other kids focused on sports.

I'm not out here trying putting on an act like I'm crazy. In my opinion, everyone else is crazy. They're the ones who put on an act for you, doing what they're told in front of the camera.

When you're younger, all you want to do is fit in, and then the older you get, you don't want to fit in, you want to stand out.

He who fears to be out of the mode does not deserve to belong to himself.

I mean my mother always wanted us to be individuals. She always instilled that into our brains which was incredibly painful for an adolescent to deal with.

Well, I try my best to be just like I am, But everybody wants you to be just like them, They sing while you slave and I just get bored

My mother was okay with me not playing it safe. She made an agreement with my father that I was going to be raised differently than my brother and sister were. My parents went through the whole sixties rebellion with my brother and sister. But I didn't feel like I had to rebel because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldn't do something. I never went into that parents-as-enemies stage.

Or about how when you're a child, to stop you from following the crowd you're assaulted with the line "If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?" but when you're an adult and to be different is suddenly a crime, people seem to be saying, "Hey. Everyone else is jumping off a bridge. Why aren't you?

Never was a cornflake girl; Thought it was a good solution: hanging with the raisin girls.

I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally - my mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. And that's something I want to post on every mirror in my house: This is not about you!

As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.

When you're young, it's all about the society of school and being cool, but they don't understand that somebody can be different and live a different lifestyle and still be a regular person. I was the same way when I was a kid.

At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority.