Sandra Bullock is finding her year in the sun.

The actress, who says she doesn’t usually read movie reviews, is seeing not only box-office success this year, but also acclaim at the Golden Globes.

Of reviews, she said she doesn’t read them “because they’re usually bad, because of the films I like to make,” she told the L.A. Times. “I like to make what I like to make, and if I read how badly I’m talked about, I might change my direction. For that same reason, I can’t look at the good.”

But she broke her own rule recently and was pleasantly surprised.

“I saw a quote the other day — I sat there and I thought I would cry. I’m overwhelmed that someone would say something that nice. And I said, for that reason, I must shut this off. It caught me off-guard,” she told the Times.

The actress, who first gained fame in the action movie “Speed” in 1994, is finally — at 45 — having a stellar year.

Her romantic comedy “The Proposal” raked in $163 million, and the sports drama “The Blind Side” has made $150 million so far.

In addition, she received two nominations for Golden Globes this week — one each for best actress in a comedy and a best actress in a drama, leading to speculation about her first Oscar prospect.

Of being in the company of the likes of veteran actress Meryl Streep, nominated for “Julie & Julia,” she said in a statement, “I am beyond stunned. Just to be included in the company of these amazing women I have so admired through the years has left me slack-jawed with awe.”

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