Sandra Bullock has spoken out about inappropriate requests she endured during the early stages of her acting career, recounting auditions where men asked her to "drop my pants."

The 62-year-old movie star shared these experiences in a conversation with her friend Jennifer Aniston for Interview Magazine. When asked about a pivotal moment in shaping her career, Bullock recalled her time as a struggling actress in New York.

"You'll get this," Bullock told Aniston. "I was in New York, I was a waitress, I was auditioning for every pervert that existed, asking me to drop my pants."

Bullock, whose early filmography includes roles in "Working Girl" (1990), "Speed" (1994), and "Practical Magic" (1998), indicated that she consistently rejected such propositions.

"Nope, not the role for me. I was working my way up," Bullock explained. "Every working actor thinks you will never work again so you just take what you can get and make the most of it."

The actress also discussed her intentional decision to step back from romantic comedies at one point. "The only time I was intentional about my career was when I said, 'I need to stop right now with the rom-coms,' because I was getting so much s**t for them," Bullock stated. She then took a role in the 2004 ensemble film "Crash," which explored racial tensions in Los Angeles. "It was a genius film. I wanted to start flexing other muscles," she added.

Despite this shift, Bullock later returned to the genre, appearing in "The Proposal" with Ryan Reynolds. She noted that she now misses rom-coms and wants to focus on them.

Bullock also reflected on "Gravity" (2013) as the most meaningful film of her career, describing it as a reflection of her personal life at the time. "It was during a really dark time in my life. I was raising and protecting a little smurf while I was trying to grieve, trying to get out of it," she told Aniston. The filming process for "Gravity," largely involving solitary time strapped to a rig, was isolating but prompted significant introspection.

At the time of filming "Gravity," Bullock was already a mother to her adopted son, Louis, whom she had secretly adopted in 2010. The adoption followed public revelations of infidelity by her then-husband, Jesse James, who subsequently entered rehab for sex addiction in April 2010.