I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I’m learning how to do basic wiring.

Bullock frames practical home-repair skills—plumbing (the “wax ring” that seals a toilet), tiling, and basic electrical work—as a form of self-reliance. The matter-of-fact list reads like a rebuttal to assumptions that movie stars (or women) are detached from hands-on labor. By emphasizing learning and competence rather than glamour, the quote suggests pride in being able to maintain one’s own living space and solve everyday problems. It also subtly elevates “ordinary” technical knowledge as empowering: mastery of small, concrete tasks becomes a marker of independence and confidence.