Reese Witherspoon quotes

Reese Witherspoon is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur renowned for her versatile roles in film and television. Her performances in movies such as "Legally Blonde" and "Walk the Line" have earned critical and popular acclaim. She continues to influence Hollywood through her acting and successful production company, Hello Sunshine. Here are 50 of her quotes:

I have a history, a long history of being stereotyped as a five-foot-two woman, which is very limiting. I've worked so hard to create characters that have dignity. And I think everybody knows that I have a very pro-woman message in my work - and in my life.

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You know, I used to not understand fashion, a lot of it, but I completely understood being a playwright or a screenwriter and suddenly having an actor say your words and making them come to life. That I can understand. Finally, I'm starting to understand this.

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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.

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Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it.

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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, That's what I want to do.

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It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.

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When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.

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I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things - that's my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.

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There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.

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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.

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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.

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I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

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I think movies are great and I have a great time making them but they're not what keeps you warm at night, or what's ultimately the most important thing in anyone's life journey.

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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.

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Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't 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.

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

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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.

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

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That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.

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

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

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I have to be honest with you. Comedy is what I want to see at the movies these days. Life is frickin' hard, man. I want to go to the movies and see people happy and enjoying themselves and having some fun. I've made other kinds of movies, for sure. But it's pretty apparent to me that's what people want. That's what I want. I enjoy those kinds of movies.

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