She’s gained even more traction since then after starring in the Netflix release “Bird Box.”

I was either too ethnic-looking or not ethnic enough.

Or not ingenue enough."

Sandra Bullock

This is the stunning transformation of Sandra Bullock.

Entertainment runs in Sandra Bullock’s family

Entertainmentdefinitely runs throughout the Bullock family.

Sandra Bullock’s mother was a German professional opera singer, and Bullock’s father was a vocal coach.

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You want to blend in."

“I wasn’t hired because I was good,” she laughed.

“I believe I was hired because I was very enthusiastic.”

Sandra Bullock

“I think about how sweet Keanu Reeves was and how handsome he was,” Bullock gushed.

“It was nice to go to work,” he told DeGeneres.

It looks as though the entertainment bug bit both Bullock children!

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She starred as an FBI agent, but one who goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant.

Ironically enough, Bullock told InStyle that as a teenager she was a “tomboy.”

She elaborated, “Jeans, baseball caps.

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I skated, rode bikes.

I was scared of that sexual energy.”

Shortly after she married bad boy James, they decided to start a family of their own andadopta child.

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Shattered by the reality of it all, Bullock filed for divorce.

The following year, James told his side of the story in a memoir titled “American Outlaw.”

Not be an actress, to be a mom."

Sandra Bullock

For her work in “Gravity,” Bullock wasnominatedfor her second Oscar.

She told InStyle that she’s not ignoring what’s going on online, though.

“I’m just lazy.

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But I’m going to get on it and troll my friends.

Once my kids are using it, I’ll know how to navigate it,” she shared.

“I don’t want to be naive.”

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When asked about Randall, she divulged, “For the kids he’s sort of No.

1, and I’m No.

She continued, “But I get it because he’s more fun and has better treats.”

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Bullock was 50 years old at the time and one of the highest-paid actresses in the business.

“I don’t mind aging on film, I just don’t feel beautiful,” she said.

“If I see myself on TV, I flip right by it; I do not stop.”

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It’s really a shame considering that she’s starred in some pretty classic and quote-worthy films.

“There’s been groups of women making movies.

I did one, [‘Practical Magic’], about witches!”

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Even with its R-rating, Bullock said she joined the film forher own kids.

“This came about when my kids said, ‘Why don’t you make something for us?’

“What you saw in that movie is what your mommy would do for you,” she said.

Sandra Bullock

“I was put on this earth to protect you.”

Well, her production company, Fortis Films, has been staying busy!

She signed on as executive producer on a series for Amazon alongside producers John Legend and Akiva Goldsman.

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But that doesn’t mean Bullock is done acting.

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