Reese Witherspoon Quotes

I grew up in Tennessee. We didn't know what Louis Vuitton was. I had to order all my prom outfits out of catalogs.

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

God, America is a country predicated on listening to everybody. When did we stop listening to one another?

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

I'm at a point in my life where I could make 20 more movies, but I want to make 20 more movies that matter to me.

A [news] magazine printed a [photo-illustration] of me in a ball gown holding a vacuum cleaner, saying I started a company. Last time I checked, I'm not selling vacuums. It was very sexist.

Is it more fascinating, perplexing, unbelievable that women are entrepreneurs?

I thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor.

Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin.

I'm encouraging these women, like Cheryl Strayed, to take the jump to writing for the screen. She is adapting her book Tiny Beautiful Things for us. They're infinitely capable of tackling the format.

No woman's getting hired because of her potential. I hope that we can invest more in female potential.

I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.

You're an actress! It's not about your ideas! You're there to tell other people's stories.

Movies will finally reflect the world we live in, not some weird dinosaur reality.

Art is art. Television has elevated itself, in certain ways, but it's always pushed people's consciousness.

Women are wives and mothers and girlfriends, but not the center of our own stories. No one's the good guy; no one's the bad guy. We all do deplorable things and very honorable things.

I don't have a lot of physical comedy instincts. I'm more verbal.

I don't want to discount the beautiful work that the fashion houses do, but somehow, just focusing on what you're wearing feels reductive.

Exploring female rage on film doesn't frighten me - it might frighten a lot of people in my business, but, gosh, I know a lot about that, from personal experience and friends' experiences.

People seem to really enjoy laughing at me.

I've been through really trying experiences personally, and your family is who you turn to.

This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses. ... It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry.

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.

When you finally accept that you're a complete dork, your life gets easier. No sense in trying to be cool.

It's important to do things that scare you to death!

I'm lucky to find a person to share my life, and the best friend I'll ever have.

I'm just trying to matter and live a good life and make work that means something to somebody.

Whether it was making my bed or making a movie, my mother and father never hesitated to say how proud they were of me, and that means so very much to a child.

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.

Do I need men? I don't think it's about needing men. It's about love.

But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.

I don't know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn't had my girlfriends.

There's something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day.

I played a lawyer in a movie so many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I'm not a lawyer, because I got arrested.

I like Yoga. I run. I go hiking. I'm very active. I like being outside.

To be courageous , you have to have an army of people holding you.

I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion.

I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.

I like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I'm more womanly. I feel sexier.

That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

Everything I sang sounded awful. So I went outside and I screamed. Everyone pretty much agreed it was awful.

No one can sing like June Carter so I just tried to sing my very best.

Lord knows, every day is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.

I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.

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

Robert Pattinson loves to read and watch old movies and he’s very smart.