Sandra Bullock Opens Up About Post-Divorce Struggles

Opening up about the difficulty she faced following her highly publicized divorce from Jesse James, Sandra Bullock confessed that she doubted whether or not she'd be able to act ever again.

During press duties for her upcoming film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," the Oscar-winning actress told the AP of her unsteady state, "I was perfectly content to be permanently broken."

Bullock, who split from James after he was revealed to be a serial cheater, continued, "I honestly didn't think I was in a place where I wanted to work or wanted to step out of where I was. ... I wasn't prepared. But the opportunity was louder than my head."

In the end, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" director Stephen Daldry pulled Sandra from her "broken" place, as she revealed, "We had a great time. It's no longer 'selfish actress' in the moment. I wanted to have an amazing time with him and, fortunately, Mr. Daldry presented it. In every possible way, it was the best!" 

Hitting the talk show circuit to promote her upcoming movie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" ahead of its January 20th release date, Sandra Bullock turned up at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA on Monday night (December 19).

The "Blind Side" actress looked beautiful in blue as she made an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno " - during which she talked about breaking the law for Christmas.

Asked whether her family has any holiday traditions, Miss Bullock replied, "Basically now since my mother passed we break the law because we have to manage to smuggle German sausages into the country and apparently bringing meat across the waters is against the law. So literally we send out, you know, SOS to about five people that they should send us meats."

Curious about the particulars, Leno chimed in, "So it has to be German sausages?"

To this, Sandra continued, "It has to be, they're from Nuremburg. Say it the American way or people go 'Why do you say it the German way?' And they're these little sausages that you just have them shipped in and you fry them up with some sauerkraut and potato salad, but they have to be the right ones because they sell a lot that are imposters." 

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