Sandra Bullock is grateful she hit the big time in the thriller "Speed." She's just as grateful the sequel bombed.
"I'll be the first one to tell you it was a stinker," Bullock says of "Speed 2" in today's Parade magazine. "The first time I saw it I just kind of laughed. But after the high of the first, having it not do well was a blessing. It gave me the ammo to be able to say, `No! Let's not do it that way.' "Bullock stars next in "Hope Floats" and "Practical Magic," with Nicole Kidman.