Sandra Bullock talks about being a step-mom, her marriage to Jesse James and more in Sunday’s issue of Parade magazine.

What Sandra says about herself
“I’m aware that I can be annoying. I am a big ball of high energy and organization and structure. Listen, I know I’m not easy to deal with. I’m controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I’m difficult on every single level.”

On getting married
“I didn’t grow up thinking, ‘I’m gonna get married and have someone take care of me,’” she says. “I always wanted to be happy, have a good time, work hard.”

Why her marriage with Jesse works

“I was good at bolting before. I didn’t want to do the work. And I was too selfish to have kids. Now I work at what I love. If I didn’t love him, I wouldn’t be putting in the effort. I do approach things differently now that I’m married. I would never do anything that would harm his heart.”

One being a step-mom to 5 year old Sunny
“The universe put this in our lap,” Bullock says. “I seemed to have stepped in right when I needed to be there. I now know that anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned. If you don’t have kids and animals, you don’t truly know what real life is about.”

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