Sandra Bullock On 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' Screen Time, Comeback (VIDEO)

Following her Oscar win for 2009's "The Blindside," Sandra Bullock decided to leave show business for a little while. With a new son and a divorce, she had a lot to deal with, to say the very least. Now, she's making her comeback, but instead of a major starring role, she's playing support in an upcoming ensemble tearjerker.

Bullock co-stars in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as the widow of a man, played by Tom Hanks, who died in the September 11th attacks in New York City. She has only 24-minutes of screen time, as she mostly plays guide to her on-screen son Thomas Horn as he searches for a secret he believes his father left for him before he died.

The Oscar-winner spoke with the Today Show on Thursday about the decision to star in the Jonathan Safron Foer novel adaptation, eschewing ego for a chance to feature in a film that really moved her.

"I've already had those moments [as a leading lady], I think," she said. "I mean, there might be more, I don't know, but I don't know how many moments and opportunities like this there'll be -- with stories like this, with directors and casts like this -- It's like the rare moments in life where all the elements are there, and they all come together for some strange or bigger reason. You can't say no to that."

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Comments

[westfieldguy]

09:33 AM on 12/18/2011

By all apparent foto evidence Bullock seems to be morphing into Sofia Vergara. That's cool by me. The world's abetter place w/ one more Sofia and one less Sandra

[ennui the third]

07:39 AM on 12/18/2011

Oh please.....this person makes 20 million a movie....she doesn't need your sympathy...

[Stressedtothebone]

10:35 PM on 12/17/2011

I am not into entertainers but I must admit, I really admire and adore Sandra Bullock. All the best, Sandy.

[maryann226]

10:24 PM on 12/17/2011

Sandra Bullock is a classey,beautiful woman and a great actress.
Angie Jolie should take lessons from her.

[aznurse]

06:33 AM on 12/18/2011

they're both okay in my book!

[Sara Janmaat]

08:16 AM on 12/17/2011

And this is why you are just the cream of the cream of Hollywood, Sandra. Grace, style, class, talent, beauty. I think you're the quiet Katharine Hepburn of my generation.

[derekw007]

12:42 AM on 12/17/2011

I'd hit that so hard, whoever could pull me out would be the king of England.

[Frod43]

12:29 AM on 12/17/2011

how come if anything is at all not suck up to a celebrity you have have to pre approve its posting?...is this just advertising and propaganda for celebrities?

[ae12wrangell]

12:04 PM on 12/17/2011

I guess you went your entire life with absolutely NO mistake's! BS X 2

[RisingSundown]

02:33 PM on 12/17/2011

So she can't carry a movie because she just carried a film on the way to a Best Actress Oscar 2-years ago?! Take your bitterness elsewhere please.

[LisaO8]

11:45 PM on 12/16/2011

Did she have something done to her face?! Not her usual natural looking beauty - looks like she's been botoxed or lifted:(

[Internet Privacy Hah]

04:21 PM on 12/17/2011

I noticed that. What a shame.

[irishturtletx01]

09:19 PM on 12/16/2011

Glad to see her back. She is one classy lady.

[kidjudas]

06:57 PM on 12/16/2011

please- no more romantic-comedies Bullock. #1 you'e too old and #2 they are all too cliche.

[Sara Janmaat]

08:17 AM on 12/17/2011

Actually the last few films she's done haven't been your typical romantic comedies. The Blind Side certainly wasn't. And I think she proved with The Proposal she's better than ever before.

[NVEd]

06:11 PM on 12/16/2011

Whatever Sandra Bullock decides to do will be done well and she will remain one of the most classy ladies in the movies.

[Marcie Ballard Valentine]

08:02 PM on 12/16/2011

you've never lived next to her. she is a horrible woman!

[mainemomma]

09:02 PM on 12/16/2011

Something you read?

[surfandshop]

06:03 PM on 12/16/2011

I was so surprised when Sandra married the thug. He did not look too good on the recent making choppers show I saw. He sounded like a hurt whiny baby. Obviously he had something big she liked.

[Theatrixnyc]

09:14 PM on 12/16/2011

It was just the vibration from the motorcycle. She can buy one of her own.

[goodmarina]

04:38 AM on 12/17/2011

too bad she could not figure that out before she went through with the marriage and fought for custody of a child.

[surfandshop]

01:44 PM on 12/22/2011

lol yes!

[LittleRedEngine]

05:04 PM on 12/16/2011

Sandra is beautiful. She's a pretty good actress..

[wolverine mags]

04:28 PM on 12/16/2011

I just love her. Good to see her back in movies. :)