Sandra Bullock, 44, smiles on the cover of June 2009 cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine, which hit stands May 19th.
She talks about her own life, about her husband Jesse James, the paparazzi and her recession-friendly fashion sense:
On that rare, candid paparazzi shot of her and husband Jesse James dirt biking:
I panicked. We were in the desert, no place to pee. So I peed outside. [I thought] on the cover of the tabloids there’s going to be a picture of me peeing by a cactus. And yes, I did it. I’ll do it again.”
Dress, $2,795, Chloé.
On marriage to Jesse James:
I’ve had to learn a hard lesson in that I’m not allowed to open car doors anymore. It was so hard for me to allow someone to take care of me. It’s not because I can’t take care of myself. But Jesse was like, Just let me do this.
Style: Dress, $3,295, Donna Karan New York.
Diamond studs, $3,000, H. Stern.
Ring, Bullock’s own.
On whether will have kids:
You don’t have to give birth to someone to have a family. I’m not going to spend two seconds of my life wishing I had something I don’t. It’s hard to do it your way when you hear everyone else telling you to do it their way. I just want people to admit that there’s no one way to live your life. Of course, I don’t know what’s going to happen. I could go home today and go, I haven’t started my period.”
On having a recession-friendly fashion sense:
I’ve never really had ‘the closet,’ you know, like the Kimora Lee Simmons closet. I see that and I want the leopard carpet. I want the chaise. But if we learn anything from this economic collapse, it’s just work with what you’ve got.”
Trench, $1,995, Donna Karan New York. Sandals, $1,495, Manolo Blahnik for Rachel Roy.
On finding freedom in her 40’s:
I didn’t have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the screw-everything, have-a-good-time phase. I was worried that if I didn’t stay on track and work, work, work, I was never going to accomplish anything. Now I’m trying to have fun and have the freedom to do nothing.”
Sandra Bullock’s new romantic comedy, The Proposal, arrives in theaters June 19.
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