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Sandra Bullock: 'I'm Embarrassed By Hollywood'

Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock. Photo: Getty Images.

When Sandra Bullock was named People magazine's Most Beautiful in April, she refused to tell anyone the news.

At the time, the actress said the accolade wasn't something she was proud of - instead, she said she believes real beauty "comes from within".

"The people I find most beautiful are the ones who aren't trying," said Bullock.

In a new interview with E! today, Bullock said she's tired of the way women are treated in the media, likening it to "open hunting season".

"I feel like it's become open hunting season in how women are attacked and it's not because of who we are as people, it's because of how we look or our age," Bullock told E!.

"I'm shocked - and maybe I was just naive, but I'm embarrassed by it."

Bullock said she was worried about how her son would interpret the portrayal of women in the media when he was older.

"My son is getting ready to grow up in this world and I'm trying to raise a good man who values and appreciates women, and here we have this attack on women in the media that I don't see a stop happening.

"Little girls are having the hardest time with bullying and the Internet - somebody with a very large hand and big voice needs to put a stop to it."'

Along with the likes of Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren, Bullock is doing just that by continuing to speak out about the power imbalance in Hollywood.

She said the reason she accepted the People' cover was so she could talk about the women she finds beautiful, "which are these women who rise above and take care of business and do wonderful things."

Amen.

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