Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw - The Blind Side Press Conference
Tim, are you going to get serious about movies and give up that country music thing that you do?Tim McGraw: "I’m not going to give up music because it pays my bills. I thought I was serious about this particular acting job. I tried to be anyway. I have to find things that fit in a time schedule that I have. I only have a few months out of the year that I’m available to do something. I was so lucky that something this great and with this quality of people to work with came along at a time that I was available to work. But I’m not going to give up music, no."
You had another huge hit with The Proposal. Why do you think that movie clicked so well, and what do you look for in a role these days?
Sandra Bullock: "The Proposal, aside from all the right people and the right elements being in the right place, I think nudity had a great deal to do with the success of that film. Had I known that, I would have done it a long time ago. And picking roles, my way of choosing them is vastly different now than it was a long time ago, but I can only be that way now because of what I’ve learned from the past. So I’m choosing now not to choose any work, because when you’ve had such a nice ride, unexpected rides and fulfilling rides, you really don’t want to take a step backwards. It’s really made me satisfied in a way that I wasn’t looking for, but I was blessed with it and now I feel really full, in a good way, where I don’t need to rush out and go find something. I don’t want to."
When did that change take place exactly?
Sandra Bullock: "Which change?"
Where you said, "I no longer pick roles the way I used to."
Sandra Bullock: "The fact that I’m staring at a stack of scripts and I can’t bear to open them. I don’t want to step into that world right now. I want to enjoy where I am. So I don’t know. I think it was over time just having good life experiences that I was actually cognizant of in my work and could remember and was very satisfied with, and I just want to enjoy the ride instead of blasting forward and trying to fill a void that doesn’t exist in the workplace."
What about producing? Do you want to slow down that side of your professional life as well as the acting?
Sandra Bullock: "To me, the producing falls into the same as acting. It requires so much time out of your life, and I take it very personally, I realize. So if I do something, it just has to be something I love and I don’t want anyone else to do. When I open projects, maybe something will appeal to me. I think I’m not opening them because I don’t want anything to appeal to me right now. I’m so happy where I am right now. I don’t want to be tempted to move from this place that I am. I’d like to just be happy where I am, and I think that’s producing and acting right now."
