Sandra Bullock’s big career announcement
Sandra Bullock has announced she is taking time off acting to spend more time with her two children.
The Oscar-winning actress announced the news at the premiere of her latest movie, The Lost City, at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
The 57-year-old was asked about making film projects with the Hispanic and Chicana communities, where she reiterated her position to take time with being a mum.
“I love stories that show the imperfection of love within families and communities … I would love to [continue doing that] when I’m done being a mum,” she responded.
“I’ll get back to it. I don’t know when. Probably when they’re teenagers, solidly 16- or 17-year-olds.”
Bullock has two adopted children, her eldest son Louis, 12, who was adopted at three months, and her daughter Laila, 10, who was adopted at the age of three.
The actress has previously spoken on the talk show Red Table Talk about the challenges of being a parent and how she almost gave up during the adoption process.
"When I first went through the process myself, you have to prove that you are a capable parent and you’re in the judgment cage. I got halfway through it and I said, 'I can’t do this.' It was an out-of-body experience,” she said.
Bullock also addressed skin colour with her kids, admitting that she wished there was no stigma with the topic.
"To say that I wish our skins matched, sometimes I do," she said.
"Because then it would be easier on how people approach us. And I have the same feelings as a woman with brown skin being her babies or a white woman with white babies."
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