reese witherspoon

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

— reese witherspoon fear

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.

— reese witherspoon war

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don’t spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

— reese witherspoon women

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was.

— reese witherspoon religion

I love to cook comfort food. I’ll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

— reese witherspoon love

It’s funny that it all becomes about clothes. It’s bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it’s all about your dress. You can’t get away from it.

— reese witherspoon funny

We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. It’s a lovely place to be, but it’s not extravagant.

— reese witherspoon love

“Creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, Im stupid, isnt it cute? makes me want to throw daggers. I want to say to them, My grandma did not fight for what she fought for just so you can start telling women its fun to be stupid. Saying that to young women, little girls, my daughter? Its not OK.”

— Reese Witherspoon women

I was jogging and I got hit by a car...its not funny at all. They said I am very hard headed because I landed right on my head and I have a scar, hence my new hairdo. I dont remember much about it but miraculously, and thank God, I am fine.

— Reese Witherspoon god

I get it, girls, that its cool to be a bad girl. But it is possible to make it in Hollywood without doing a reality show. When I came up in this business, if you made a sex tape, you were embarrassed and you hid it under your bed.

— Reese Witherspoon sex

I like to take classes, I read a lot, I have a lot of interests so your whole life isnt just about making movies. Thats a dangerous place to be.

— Reese Witherspoon life

As an actress, it would be lovely to think that were all Meryl Streep or Diane Keaton who just works endlessly but thats not true. Its important to cultivate a personal life that makes you just as happy as your professional life and I work really hard on that. I spend time with my kids and my girlfriends. Its important to enrich yourself in lot of different ways.

— Reese Witherspoon love

My children are the best part of my day. I used to be very competitive and aggressive but when I had my first child at 22, it put my whole life in perspective and helped me get out of my very narrow-minded focus on my career. Having kids stops the endless cycle of self-obsession.

— Reese Witherspoon life

I am lucky Ive had a few shots getting second chances. Thats nice. I thought I knew everything about love and relationships in my 20s, the ignorance of youth is bliss. As you get older, you start to realise that you dont really know anything and life is a great traveling journey. Life is unexpected...you just never know whats going to happen. I would love to have more kids.

— Reese Witherspoon love

I always say funny doesnt sag, which seems like a good rule of thumb. People should be more interested in your personality than how you look in a bikini. As an actress, you think about longevity, probably more than men. You hope to have a long lasting career.

— Reese Witherspoon hope

As an actress, I have always sought out roles that portrayed women as strong and powerful, such as Elle Woods, who was in the Legally Blonde movies.

— Reese Witherspoon women

Im a fast-talking, sharp-shooting, tough girl. I like to think that Im really tough on the outside, with a caramel-sweet center.

— Reese Witherspoon sweet

When I was a question on Jeopardy, thats when I felt famous.

— Reese Witherspoon

I want to not perpetuate any more of this kind of garbage thats out there in the media about women falling in love blindly. No ones life is perfect, and Im sick of whatever tabloid stuff or this or that story tries to portray. My life is just as realistic as everybody elses. Whoever thinks someone has a perfect life, Im so eager to dispel that.

— Reese Witherspoon love

I think kids do best when they only have a couple of things that they really enjoy. I try and stay away from the gluttony of things. They dont appreciate it as much. When they only get one or two things, they really like it.

— Reese Witherspoon joy

Family is all we have in life, but I dont know how I feel about marriage. Obviously, Im not far enough out of being married to think about doing it again. You sort of reconstitute your family. You find a family with people who come into your life for a reason.

— Reese Witherspoon life

Vince is the funniest person Ive ever worked with in my entire life. There were days when we were shooting things, I would laugh so hard it would ruin the take, and I was afraid I was going to pee on myself, it was so funny.

— Reese Witherspoon life

My grandmother was one of the greatest inspirations in my life. She taught me how to be a real woman, to have strength and self-respect, and to never give those things away.

— Reese Witherspoon life

Ill be honest with you. Comedy is what I want to see at the movies these days. Life is frickin hard, man! When I go to the movies, I want to see people smiling, enjoying themselves, and having some fun. Ive made other kinds of movies, for sure, but its pretty apparent to me that [comedy] is what people want. I enjoy those kinds of movies.

— Reese Witherspoon life

I came from a wonderful family- very intelligent people, very eccentric people, a wonderful southern family. Ive been very lucky and blessed that there was a lot of love in my family, no matter what else was going on. We all love each other very much, so it really is a gift and I think thats a huge part of how I was able to achieve what I did.

— Reese Witherspoon love

The thing that bugs me about todays kids is that everyone gets MVP. Everybody receives the award! No! Thats not right! I vividly remember the two weeks of crying when I didnt make the volleyball team. It made me interesting.

— Reese Witherspoon war

Im a big organizer person. I can spend a good three hours on my sock drawer. Its fantastic!

— Reese Witherspoon good

Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.

— Reese Witherspoon life

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something thats not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And its a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; its just like another prop.

— Reese Witherspoon power

We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. Its a lovely place to be, but its not extravagant.

— Reese Witherspoon love

Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.

— Reese Witherspoon art

Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that Im a kid too and am growing up with them. The things theyre interested in tend to really influence me.

— Reese Witherspoon you

Being a Southern person and a blonde, its not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.

— Reese Witherspoon art

But listen, Im 29-years-old, Im really lucky to be there and whatever happens Ive been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me Id be really content.

— Reese Witherspoon war

Confidence is everything in this business.

— Reese Witherspoon business

Even people that know Johnny Cashs music really well and know that he was married dont really know that much about June Carter. So finding out about her really helped to inform my performance and to bring her to the front in a way that she has never been before.

— Reese Witherspoon art

For our first date, I made Ryan Hamburger Helper, which is basically what I grew up on. I make my own version of it now, with macaroni and cheese and hamburger meat. And the kids - its their favorite dinner.

— Reese Witherspoon ya

I dont believe in perfection. I dont think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

— Reese Witherspoon believe

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

— Reese Witherspoon books

I got a role in this movie called Freeway playing this really angry, aggressive, violent young woman who believed wholeheartedly in the truth. I had such satisfaction afterward, and I thought, Thats what I want to do.

— Reese Witherspoon truth

I love books.

— Reese Witherspoon love

I love to cook comfort food. Ill make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

— Reese Witherspoon love

I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And Im a fast reader.

— Reese Witherspoon read

I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning.

— Reese Witherspoon art

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think its important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

— Reese Witherspoon love

I think movies are great and I have a great time making them but theyre not what keeps you warm at night, or whats ultimately the most important thing in anyones life journey.

— Reese Witherspoon life

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and dont spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

— Reese Witherspoon women

Im just chatty. But I do express my opinion.

— Reese Witherspoon opinion

It really bothers me when people dont use coasters. Particularly on my table.

— Reese Witherspoon art

Its fun to do a comedy and hook people in and then hoodwink them into watching a serious movie. I like to lead in with the comedy and then hit them over the head with a drama.

— Reese Witherspoon people

Its funny that it all becomes about clothes. Its bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and its all about your dress. You cant get away from it.

— Reese Witherspoon funny

Ryan and I didnt grow up like this at all, with this much attention. Well just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with.

— Reese Witherspoon ya

That said, Id love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

— Reese Witherspoon love

That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and Im missing something important at my daughters school which makes me feel sick inside. Its a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.

— Reese Witherspoon sin

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