Top 30 Reese Witherspoon Quotes

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.

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.

There are things in my life that are hard to reconcile, like divorce. Sometimes it is very difficult to make sense of how it could possibly happen. Laying blame is so easy. I don’t have time for hate or negativity in my life. There’s no room for it.

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

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women who are strong and capable and in control of their own lives.

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

It’s fun chasing boys, especially when you’re young, but I think it takes time and life experience to notice the other boys.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it.

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

I have to admit I was dismayed when I found out ‘type A’ refers to a category of risk for heart disease – I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me!

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.

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.

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.

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

I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I’m very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house.

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.

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

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

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

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

I think it’s really interesting to play a woman who can articulate that she isn’t ready to have a family and isn’t even sure if she wants a family. I have a lot of friends like that. But obviously, that’s not me.

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.

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.