Reese Witherspoon Quotes - Page 4

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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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  Music, June, People

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• Men rise through the ranks because of potential, but women have to prove themselves - while trying to have children and having no family leave.

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  Children, Men, Trying

  "Reese Witherspoon on How She's Shaking Up Hollywood, and Why She Feels Like Gloria Steinem Told Her to Do Legally Blonde". Interview With Jennifer Siebel Newsom, www.glamour.com. October 29, 2015.

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• When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think, Are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again... You see a lot of people play this blame game. Blame, blame, blame. You know? And it's a really easy thing to do, and I'm certainly guilty of it. [You have to] look at yourself and go, 'What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?' And that's the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real life knowledge out of it.

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  Real, Crazy, Responsibility

  Elle Interview, www.elle.com. March 4, 2009.

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• 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.

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  Marriage, Dog, Husband

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. September 15, 2005.

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• The truth is... I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart... and I never really got it back.

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  Heart, Long, Alabama

  "Fictional character: Melanie Carmichael". "Sweet Home Alabama", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• 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.

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  Inspiring, Mom, Mother

  "Motherhood Quotes from the Pages of ELLE". www.elle.com. May 11, 2012.

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• I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers in the medical profession, feel they are helping people on a daily basis, and that was inculcated in me as a value. I had to struggle with giving up the idea of becoming a doctor myself.

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  Giving Up, Struggle, Thinking

  "Reese Witherspoon's New Passion". Interview with Abigail Pesta, www.marieclaire.com. January 11, 2008.

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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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  Truth, Satisfaction, Roles

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• If you took naked pictures of yourself on your cell phone, you hide your face, people! Hide your face!

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  Phones, Cells, People

  "MTV Movie Awards: Reese Witherspoon Vows to Make 'Good Girls' Cool in Hollywood, Slams 'Sex Tape' Stars". Reese Witherspoon's acceptance speech for the MTV Generation Award at the Los Angeles-taped show, www.foxnews.com. June 6, 2011.

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

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  Kids, Play, Kitchen

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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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  Fashion, Actors, Used

  Vogue magazine Interview, November 2008.

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• And I think Taylor Swift is just an exemplary young lady. It's kind of interesting to see what a profound songwriter she is. I don't even think anyone has realized, the long term is going to be the bigger revelation. It's incredible how quickly she writes songs. We've hung out a couple times, we live near each other in Nashville.

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  Song, Couple, Writing

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• I'm not a politician, She says evenly. If I want to be one, I'll run for office. Susan Sarandon, whom I know and love, is a fantastic actress. It's her right as an American to say whatever she wants. [But] just because you're rich and famous doesn't qualify you to make political statements. I don't put my opinions out there to influence people. You have alot of influence. And sometimes I feel it's undeserved influence.

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  Running, Love Is, People

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

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  Being Yourself, Power, Joy

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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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  Girl, Littles, Obsessed

  "Walk The Line - Reese Witherspoon interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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

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  Order, Tennessee, Louis Vuitton

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

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  Car, Police, Police Officer

  "Witherspoon pays $213 fine as arrest video goes public" by Chuck Johnston and Jason Hanna, www.cnn.com. May 3, 2013.

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• My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

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  Moving, Monograms, Ifs

  "7 Monogrammed Home Goods That Reese Witherspoon Would Approve Of" by Kim Fusaro, www.glamour.com. July 8, 2015.

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• It definitely sometimes feels like a suit that I wish I could zip off. But I don’t feel bad about any of the things I’ve gone through, whether it’s divorce or breakups or anything like that, because that’s all part of the life journey, and I have those experiences just like anyone else. And I think it deepens what you tap into creatively.

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  Breakup, Divorce, Thinking

  "The return of Reese Witherspoon". Interview with Josh Rottemberg, ew.com. December 10, 2010.

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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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  Car, House, Lovely

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• And I want to say that my grandmother was one of the biggest 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.

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  Real, Inspiration, Grandmother

  2006 Oscar Award Acceptance Address for Best Actress, delivered 5 March 2006

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• I was surprised when the ultrasound revealed that I was having a girl. I was convinced I was having a boy. And I was completely confounded by the fact that I wasn't in control of the situation; that I was being introduced to a different individual coming into my life.

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  Girl, Boys, Ultrasounds

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

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  Love, Musical, Film

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• 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.

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  Life, Want, Matter

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

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  Smart, Thinking, People

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