Quotes by Reese Witherspoon

About Reese Witherspoon:

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an American actress and producer. She began her career as a child actress, starring in The Man in the Moon in 1991. In 1996, she appeared in Freeway and starred in Pleasantville in 1998. In 2000, she earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Comedy or Musical nomination for Election.
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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.

Reese Witherspoon

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.

Reese Witherspoon

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 - it's their favorite dinner.

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

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I had someone correct my grammar once on a blind date, and within the first 10 minutes the date was over. You just don't correct somebody's grammar. That's just not okay. I'm from Tennessee, so I probably say everything wrong. I might have said 'ain'...

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

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I don't think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It's not easy on anybody.

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

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

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

Reese Witherspoon

It's 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.

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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.

Reese Witherspoon

I literally think I look bad in every picture.

Reese Witherspoon

Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with.

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I'm losing friendships over forgetting to get back to people. But you can't keep up with everything. I've got a 13-year-old, a nine-year-old and a baby.

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I really wanted to be a Broadway kid.

Reese Witherspoon

I spent a lot of my 20s just trying to make other people happy, rather than trying to figure out if doing that made me happy.

Reese Witherspoon

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

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Author Bio

  • NameReese Witherspoon
  • DescriptionAmerican film actress and producer
  • AliasesLaura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
  • BornMarch 22, 1976
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Model; Film Producer; Voice Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actress