{"id":594004,"date":"2026-09-08T15:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594004\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:14:30","slug":"sandra-bullock-and-jennifer-aniston-work-their-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594004\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston Work Their Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273294\" class=\"wp-image-273294 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FINAL-Cover-RGB-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock stands in a green room staring at the camera next to a fireplace and a black cat standing on the mantle.\" width=\"1629\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Bullock wears Coat and Dress Loewe. Earrings and Necklace Bvlgari.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sandrabullock\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandra Bullock<\/a> is one of the last true American movie stars. Hopping between rom-com queen, action heroine, and dramatic lead, audiences have never lost trust that she can pull off anything. She hasn\u2019t starred in a movie since 2022\u2019s The Lost City, only adding to our thirst to see her back on the big screen. It\u2019s finally happening with Practical Magic 2, where she returns to the role once savaged by critics that a generation of mothers and daughters made into a cult classic anyway. Bullock sat down with her longtime friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/culture\/jennifer-aniston-cover-story-sandra-bullock-march-2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Aniston<\/a> to talk about what pulled her back after four years away, the exhausting mechanics of maintaining a public image, empty-nesting, and maintaining longevity against shifting industry winds. What comes through strongest is two women who have known each other for years, doing what old friends do best: getting each other to say the true thing instead of the practiced one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TUESDAY 5 PM JUN. 16, 2026 L.A.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SANDRA BULLOCK: Hi, mama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">JENNIFER ANISTON: Hi, mamacita bonita. I literally want to start out by saying, \u201cShe was on a break!\u201d Too on the nose?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BULLOCK: Oh! I get it. [Aniston is referencing the episode of Friends where Ross, talking about Rachel, says, \u201cWe were on a break!\u201d]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ANISTON: Honestly, you\u2019d think you disappeared for 100 years and you\u2019re crawling out of a cave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BULLOCK: I am. There\u2019s some barnacles, some cobwebs, some sticks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ANISTON: It\u2019s been, what, four years?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BULLOCK: Yeah, The Lost City came out in 2022. Isn\u2019t that crazy?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ANISTON: It\u2019s crazy. No matter how many years we\u2019ve been doing this, does it still feel like the first time? Do you still get nervous?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Oh god, yes. You know that. But some people do say, \u201cI don\u2019t get nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Jason Bateman does not.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Jason Bateman is a fucking freak of nature. He\u2019s made of different stuff than we are.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273214\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_2.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock sits before a green wall holding two apples in her hand and looking directly at the camera.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Bullock wears Coat \u00a0Saint Laurent By Anthony Vaccarello. Necklace Bvlgari.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: And he has hair that won\u2019t fall out of his head.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I know. We both have good hair. You didn\u2019t even comment on my blowout.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: You\u2019re one of the only women in my life with a head of hair that makes no sense. How you still have this mane is beyond me.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Well, the only reason I don\u2019t look like a Chia Pet is because of your stuff. [Aniston has a haircare range called LolaVie.] I\u2019ve had two bouts of stress-induced hair loss, so I\u2019m very lucky it came back. That\u2019s also thanks to my German grandmother. Full head of thick, crazy hair. I got those genes.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: God bless her. So, was it, \u201cHey, remember Practical Magic? Do you want to do that again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: When we made the first film, we were absolutely eviscerated. If you look at the reviews, they were scathing. \u201cHow many women do you need in a film? How many emotions need to be in a film?\u201d I had a decent amount of shame because I thought I\u2019d done something wrong. You just go, \u201cOkay, okay, okay. I won\u2019t do that again.\u201d And then it just took off.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: It turned into a cult classic.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: That was because of social media. Everyone was able to communicate why they loved it. Mothers watched it with their daughters and daughters grew up and watched it with their daughters. It was a total surprise. Then I was in New York, sitting in that little sunroom thingy off the kitchen, and I literally thought to myself, \u201cHow great would it be to do another one?\u201d I reached out to Denise Di Novi, my producing partner, and said, \u201cYou know what? The only way it could work is if these things were addressed with the daughters and we could talk about what\u2019s happening in the world.\u201d And she went, \u201cSandy, that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s in the second book.\u201d And I was like, \u201cThere\u2019s a second book?\u201d [Laughs] Alice Hoffman wrote a second book. So I said if we can say these things for the people who deserve to hear them, we should make it.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: That\u2019s what got you to \u201cLet\u2019s go do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Then that \u201cLet\u2019s go do this\u201d took five years, but it\u2019s okay. You and I have learned things happen exactly the way they\u2019re supposed to, when they\u2019re supposed to, which is frustrating for A-types.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I imagine that\u2019s correct.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: What do you mean you imagine? Don\u2019t pretend you\u2019re not that person. [Laughs]<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I wouldn\u2019t know anything about an A-type personality. No.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: No. Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: So you guys go back to the old stomping ground. What did it feel like? I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve seen Nicole [Kidman] over the years.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Not really. I saw her maybe once or twice on a red carpet. And I\u2019m always so panicked at those things. You know how much I love them. I\u2019m like a deer in the headlights, sweating and trying not to make stupid faces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273207\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_6.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock stands before a green wall with her feet turned outward and hands in the pockets of a fur coat. She is surrounded by cut-outs of black cats.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coat and Shoes Bottega Veneta. Earrings Bvlgari. Tights Wolford.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Coming back, not just with Nicole, but with Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing\u2014we did a Zoom to see everyone, and then we heard that Dianne Wiest voice. We all just combusted with tears. It felt like, how often do you get to<br \/>go home?<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I imagine you women on a set 30 years ago. Then 30 years of life happens. The stories that must have been exchanged, the life lessons.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Except most of us are public, so everyone already knew what we\u2019d been up to. [Laughs]<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: That\u2019s true. But you\u2019ve been in this business for so long, and we know it\u2019s changed. Did you feel a difference between shooting a movie today versus 30 years ago?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: For this one specifically, there was so much\u2014I hate the word shame, but it really did feel that way. One of the old press junket interviews popped up recently, and I looked at my body language: hunched over, trying to give a funny little answer, and I thought, \u201cOh my god, she\u2019s so sad.\u201d But coming back to this, knowing we were invited back to the table\u2014how often does a studio say, \u201cWe need you to make this film?\u201d That need came from people who love the film, so you have a responsibility. I make movies because I want to<br \/>make people laugh, make them cry, make them feel.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: And you do.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: But in this one, I really wanted to say something, because this is my love letter to Laila [Bullock\u2019s daughter]. My daughter is very much like Kylie, the character Joey King plays, and you know Laila, she is the fire.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Wild child.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I wanted to give her a love letter of my sorrys. If I failed, if I don\u2019t know how to say the right thing, I apologize. I just want to do right by her, to help her be as brave as she already is, and that scares the shit out of me. I\u2019m a fearful person. She is not. She thinks nothing can happen to her because she\u2019s already survived.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: She\u2019s a survivor, and that went into her neural pathways at a very early age. I see all you beautiful mamas with the same fear, but we forget that about our own parents. They didn\u2019t know what they were doing.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: You and I have talked about our moms a lot, but now that I have a daughter and I\u2019m able to really sit in who my mom was, I look up and go, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry. I didn\u2019t know you felt lost. I didn\u2019t know you were yearning for something you knew you would never get. I didn\u2019t know you didn\u2019t have the blessings we have as modern women.\u201d I\u2019m a very fearful person, and I\u2019m trying not to let my fear clip the wings of the kids I know are just flying.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: And how do you not let them learn their lessons? You want to keep them safe without hurting themselves, but the experiences that happened to us allowed us to learn.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: It\u2019s a more dangerous time. I told them, \u201cI\u2019m just going to be following you everywhere. You guys are it for me. I have nothing else. I have to find my purpose outside of stupid kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We will find your purpose.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I will find it. You just have to direct me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273229\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_3.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock stands before a green wall with a hand on her hip and the other on a tall stool with apples and a flame cut-out.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coat Hodakova. Tights Wolford. Shoes Prada.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Looking at these questions, it feels like you dropped out of making movies 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I did, but I\u2019m back.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: You\u2019re like that meme of the bear coming out of hibernation.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Oh my god, that is me. Hopefully with a slightly more cinched waist.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Was there a moment when you made a deliberate choice about the kind of career you wanted, or did it just evolve?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: You\u2019ll get this. I was in New York, I was a waitress, I was auditioning for every pervert that existed, asking me to drop my pants. I was like, \u201cNope, not the role for me.\u201d I was working my way up. Every working actor thinks you will never work again so you just take what you can get and make the most of it. The only time I was intentional about my career was when I said, \u201cI need to stop right now with the rom-coms,\u201d because I was getting so much shit for them. And I took a role in this film called Crash.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: A little film called Crash.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: It was a genius film. I wanted to start flexing other muscles.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: It\u2019s a very risky feeling to say, \u201cI\u2019m going to drop what feels like my comfort zone, which is comedies, and let\u2019s see if they\u2019ll take me seriously in the dramatic world.\u201d The industry tends to pooh-pooh comedies, but they\u2019re not as easy as they look.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Now more than ever, I miss that. I want to do nothing but that now.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We crave those \u201990s romcoms. I was having a scroll moment on that wonderful device we have.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: On the TikToks?<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: On the Tok and the Tiks, when I was just a little overwhelmed with my workday and I needed to take a brain-dump breather. I stumbled upon one of your bloopers from the movie you did with Hugh Grant.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Oh my god, Two Weeks Notice.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I was reminded how much joy these movies brought to people, yet we somehow shunned them and labeled them \u201cnot quality.\u201d And now we all want to go back.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I know. Some people want to bring sexy back. We\u2019re going to bring the funny back.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Let\u2019s bring funny back.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Who needs sexy? It\u2019s too much work.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: The upkeep is impossible. There\u2019s a version of Sandra Bullock that belongs to the public and a version that belongs to you. How do you protect the one that belongs to you?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: You know, because you\u2019re one of my protectors. I\u2019ve been insanely private since I was a little kid. I drove my mother crazy. That\u2019s just inherently who I am. I love being in a safe group. Nothing makes me happier than coming to your house and hanging with everybody, but then you have situations where people take your privacy and sell it. But I love telling stories and it\u2019s our job to go out there and represent. And once I get out there, I have a blast.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: The hard part is going on carpets and doing interviews.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I\u2019m actually fine with the interviews. It\u2019s the posing.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I know.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I want to be Zendaya, but I will never be Zendaya. I\u2019m like Zendaya\u2019s shoe polisher. She\u2019s glorious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_8.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock sits on a stool before a green wall with her arms behind her.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dress Calvin Klein Collection.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Just thank god you and I haven\u2019t been on one together. Is there a performance you gave that you don\u2019t think got its due?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I did a little film called Infamous that I wish had gotten more attention and praise, but two Truman Capote films came out at the same time. Toby Jones did ours and it was so divine. It was about the Swans, and I played Harper Lee.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I hate this question so why would I ask it? Do you have a favorite experience on a film?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Two Weeks Notice with Hugh, because all I did was laugh until the makeup artist got so angry because I cry when I laugh. Hugh unravels me very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: He says winky a lot.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: He says what?<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Winky.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: He has a string of curse words. But the one film that was the most meaningful to me, because it was paralleling where I was, was Gravity. It was during a really dark time in my life. I was raising and protecting a little smurf while I was trying to grieve, trying to get out of it.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Being locked in a box by myself with no one to talk to for nine hours a day, you do a lot of thinking.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: And you did Gravity with your little munchkin. When Louis came into the picture, what year was that?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: He came at the very end of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Boy, honey.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I was just cleaning out the closet, and I found these hockey bags for stuffing clothes in for travel. Child Protective Services, do not come after me, but when the poop hit the fan for me, when, we know what that is [in March 2010, Bullock discovered her husband cheated on her; they were soon divorced], I realized I had to get out of the house because the paparazzi were going to descend, and no one knew I had a newborn.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: So I put him in his car carrier, put it in the hockey bag, and zipped the hockey bag around him. Then I carried the hockey bag to the car, as though I was just carrying any random hockey bag.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: So your ability to be a private person\u2014<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: You have to operate like the CIA. If you\u2019re surrounded by good people, you\u2019ll be fine. But if people near you mean you harm, no matter how covert you are and how much pre-planning you do, your privacy is information that brings them cash. I had it happen recently and it broke my heart.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I wish I could be a little looser. I would like to not be so worried.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I think you\u2019re doing it. I\u2019ve experienced that worry diminish a bit.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273212\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_1.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock sits before a black and white sketch of a large house with her hands folded atop one another and her knees bent.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coat and Shoes Bottega Veneta. Earrings and Bracelet Bvlgari.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: There\u2019s a reason we have these walls. I have to struggle with it constantly. I call it being bubblewrapped. I find myself bubblewrapping to the point of, like, wait, am I still living?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I say this to you a lot, but we all sort of follow your lead. You are the manifestor. You investigate. You\u2019re like, \u201cI\u2019m going to figure this out for us and then I\u2019m going to come back and get you guys.\u201d It\u2019s a luxury to have you as a guide because you blaze the trail. We\u2019re going to walk on the road you paved for us. You have a bravery and a resilience, and I don\u2019t know where it comes from, but it\u2019s astounding.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Well, you must see it, because I don\u2019t always feel it.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: We all see it.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: It\u2019s a curiosity, probably. Also, when you raise yourself when your parents weren\u2019t at their best through no fault of theirs because they didn\u2019t know what they were doing, you have to learn how to figure shit out.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: And we do.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We really do. So Louis comes into your life and you\u2019re at the peak of your career. How did you decide to go to work with this little bambino?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: If the kids can\u2019t be with me, I\u2019m not going. The older they get, the bigger their schedules. And their schedules are more important than me telling a story, period. I don\u2019t have that same drive to be in front of the camera. I get my fulfillment from the prep, the building of it, rather than the \u201cHey, I\u2019m an actor and look at what I\u2019ve done.\u201d That scares me<br \/>actually, because then the judgment comes.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Right.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: But unless the kids are with me, I\u2019m lost, and I have to figure that out because kids always have to leave. Louis is going to leave the house soon.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We have to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: He\u2019s 16 and a half, Jen.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: That gives us about a year and a half to prepare you. How will you decide what to do next, film-wise? Do you want to do another one right away?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: No, I\u2019m so burnt. Also, by the time we\u2019re done with press, the kids are in school. The rule is, everything I do has to be here in L.A. If something requires travel, it\u2019ll happen during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Right.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Maybe I need to just stop a little and have a social life. I was told I need to have more fun outside of a work environment.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I understand that.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Because as you said, I have to prepare for the fact that I\u2019ll no longer have a job as a mother.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: The beautiful thing today is kids don\u2019t really leave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-273211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_10.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Sandra Bullock in front of blue background with cut-outs of ocean waves, a house, and the word &quot;interview.&quot;\" width=\"8226\" height=\"6686\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I\u2019m praying that\u2019s going to happen. I keep saying, \u201cWe\u2019ll keep this house. I\u2019ll do the laundry. You can stay here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: They all come back.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Not Laila. If she could be emancipated right now, she\u2019d be gone. She just needs a small apartment downtown.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: In New York City?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: What does she want to be?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: You know what I think she should be? A horror film director.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Whoa.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: She loves the Scream movies. She directed a small film four years ago that she wrote in the backyard. It was so good. And then she\u2019s also going to be a Formula 1 driver.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: What\u2019s your relationship with the press now?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I don\u2019t feel like we\u2019ve ever had a relationship. They don\u2019t invite me for dinner. We have an understanding: They have to do what they have to do. But there\u2019s press and then there\u2019s darker press. I go out there, do the job,<br \/>and then I go home, but you know what happens. You start to regret half the things you said and go, \u201cThat\u2019s going to be taken out of context. I\u2019m going to look like such an asshole.\u201d Because we say things in jest.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: And sarcasm does not translate. That\u2019s hard for me because when I get nervous I make a joke, and then it\u2019s taken out of context and then you\u2019re apologizing and swimming in it for a while.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: And overexplaining.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I also don\u2019t want to be fake. I want to be honest, but there\u2019s a price to pay for that.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: There\u2019s nerves around it, always. Because once you get bit, you know what it feels like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273239\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_4.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock stands before a green wall, leaning up against a stool. She stands on the left side of the stool, giving a side-facing image of her.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coat and Shoes Loewe. Earrings Bvlgari.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Honey, you\u2019ve been bit more than once.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We obviously love the bites because we keep going back.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Give me more. [Laughs]<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Do you think longevity in this business is about talent, timing, or knowing when to say no?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: It\u2019s about working your ass off. It\u2019s about being a team player and taking care of others.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I have to throw in and answer it for you. It\u2019s talent, because there\u2019s no Sandy Bullocks. Sandy Bullock is covered in fairy dust and there\u2019s a reason you have been here since\u2014<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: 1947.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: So talent, timing, knowing when to say no.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: And being grateful. I know how lucky I am, and it\u2019s fleeting.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: And now the world is changing at lightning speed, so who knows what it\u2019s going to look like in a year or two? You are the architect of your own life. You can manifest, in your mind, what is the dream job scenario, plant that<br \/>seed, and bring it to life.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: And ladies and gentlemen, this is why Jennifer Aniston is Jennifer Aniston. Still, manifesting is elusive to me, because it\u2019s overridden by fear.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We\u2019re going to transfer that. We\u2019ll start gathering some girl groups.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I would love that. I really do need it. I feel like I need to take a big sojourn, some sort of dropping of luggage that no longer serves me.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Cleansing circle for you.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Would love it.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Does it mean a bunch of girls in a circle just pouring water on you? Kinda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273208\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_7.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock stands before a green wall holding a lit candlestick in her hand. There is a fireplace and cut-outs of black cats around her.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coat Jacquemus. Shoes Prada.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Not water. Margaritas. But anyway.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Margaritas and also just clearing you of all of it. Clearing all of us. Is there anything you miss about our industry?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: When I think back, I wasn\u2019t allowed to produce, or go out there and say, \u201cNo, we need the best of the best.\u201d It was scarier back then. Now we\u2019ve seen behind the curtain and we see it\u2019s all smoke and mirrors. We get to have more agency over our narrative now and speak the truth, when back then we really couldn\u2019t. There was a machine doing it for you. In an odd way, I like it better now. That\u2019s why Practical Magic 2 needs to be made now, because it gets to tell the story of what we\u2019re allowed to do and talk about now, that no one wanted to talk about before.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: That\u2019s right. The original film was about women and power and being feared for it.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Yep. No different.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: No different.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Laila asked me a really powerful question: \u201cWhy are women called witches and men are called warlocks?\u201d My answer was, \u201cBecause witch has a negative connotation. The coven had a negative connotation.\u201d And as we were doing research for the script, I was like, there must be a reason why women go to the bathroom in packs. I looked it up and yes, hundreds of years ago establishments had no bathrooms for women. The outhouses were only for men. When a woman had to use the restroom, the women gathered and walked to a field in the dark to protect each other.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Women were burned at the stake for teaching each other to read. They were making and sharing holistic serums to cure a rash. Women helping each other was called evil, because they were becoming educated. I knew it, but<br \/>I didn\u2019t know it the way I know now, because my mother paved the way for me not to have to think about it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273210\" class=\"wp-image-273210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Interview_Issue-568_September-2026_Sandra-Bullock_9.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bullock stands before a very smudged image of the previous sketch with her legs spread. She is tilted slightly to the left and holds an apple in her hand.\" width=\"6671\" height=\"8339\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-273210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coat Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Earrings Bvlgari. Tights Wolford. Shoes by Schiaparelli.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: I hope this article doesn\u2019t sound too depressing. Are we too depressing right now? I love you.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I love you so much.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: The amount I feel for this woman is hard to put into words because we\u2019ve been in each other\u2019s orbit for so many years.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Didn\u2019t it start at Gwyneth [Paltrow]\u2019s house?<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: It was at Gwyneth\u2019s. You and I sat next to each other and we didn\u2019t pipe down. I don\u2019t think we spoke to anybody else.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: We got very lucky in life.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: We\u2019ve shared a boyfriend [Tate Donovan]. That\u2019s how much we love each other.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: We do.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I\u2019m excited for this next chapter for you, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Me too. I\u2019m a little tired, a little burnt out, but I\u2019ve never been so happy.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Someone who looks like you do and has the hair you have, I don\u2019t understand. That\u2019s what tired looks like?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: LolaVie, baby.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Have you tried the Speed Dry yet?<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: No.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Because I would imagine drying your hair must be\u2014<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: It\u2019s about an hour and a half, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Okay.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Will you do me? How about we do this? We\u2019ll go out and have a fun night on the town. We\u2019ll go to dinner.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: I\u2019m going to blow you and then we\u2019re going to go out and have a real great time.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: That\u2019s right. Blow me and then we go out. Usually it goes the other way around, but this is the way the girls do it. We blow first and then we go out.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: [Laughs] But really, you\u2019re one of my greatest supporters.<\/p>\n<p>BULLOCK: Because it works. My whole life is about my hair because it\u2019s out of control, but you gave me new life. I love you so much. So grateful for you.<\/p>\n<p>ANISTON: Love you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Hair: Dylan Chavles at MA + Group.<\/p>\n<p>Makeup: Francelle Daly using Love + Craft + Beauty at Bryant Artists.<\/p>\n<p>Nails: Eri Ishizu using Dior Vernis at The Wall Group.<\/p>\n<p>Set Design: Nicholas Des Jardins at Streeters.<\/p>\n<p>Market Director: Lucy Gaston.<\/p>\n<p>Tailor: Hasmik Kourinian at Susie\u2019s Custom Designs.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Assistant: Gianluca Malavolta, Kenneth Castro and Sean Stark.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Technician: DJ Dohr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Styling Assistant: Naiara Gomez Lest\u00f3n, Kassidy Taylor Nagy, Nick Forlenza, and Ada Stefankiewicz.<\/p>\n<p>Hair Assistant: Allison DeMoss.<\/p>\n<p>Makeup Assistant: Sarah Loranca.<\/p>\n<p>Production Director: Alexandra Weiss.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Producer: Georgia Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Producer: Mateen Mortazavi and Siyan Chen.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Production: Felipe Torres Urso.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Abi Perl Balik.<\/p>\n<p>Production Assistants: Cheyenne Domalaon and Javier Montes de Oca.<\/p>\n<p>Set Assistant: Josh Puklavetz, Chas Schroeder, Michael Harrow, and Ana Ventura.<\/p>\n<p>Location: Studio Stropa.<\/p>\n<p>Special Thanks: The Line LA.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sandra Bullock wears Coat and Dress Loewe. 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