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    • Reese: I want to not perpetuate any more of this kind of garbage that's out there in the media about women falling in love blindly. No one's life is perfect, and I'm sick of whatever tabloid stuff or this or that story tries to portray. My life is just as realistic as everybody else's. Whoever thinks someone has a perfect life, I'm so eager to dispel that.
    • Reese: (on meeting her husband Jim Toth) It happened out of the blue. This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like, 'You don't know me.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I know. I don't know you!' Jim came over and said, 'Please excuse my friend. He's just broken up with someone.' Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That's just kind of who he is, a really good person.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (on her children's reaction to her film Monsters vs Aliens) I took my kids to see it a couple of weeks ago. As I was driving home from the theater I said to my children in the back seat, 'So, what do you think is the message in this movie?' My daughter Ava, 9, really thoughtfully said, "I think it's about never letting someone underestimate you and always living up to your true potential." I said, 'That is so astute, yes, Ava, that is exactly what the message is.'..(then she asked her son Deacon…) I think it's about ... I think it's about when octopus aliens come to your planet you got to make sure you kill them.'
    • Reese Witherspoon: (about not being rebellious as a younger adult) I didn't really have many friends, and I had a baby. Nobody who was 22 had a baby.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (about her kids at Christmas) They each get one thing that they really want. They have to write it down. But sometimes the gift is too big. It has to be able to fit in Santa's sleigh!
    • Reese Witherspoon: (on giving Christmas gifts to her children) I'm a little strict about that kind of stuff. I think kids do best when they only have a couple of things that they really enjoy. I try and stay away from the gluttony of things. They don't appreciate it as much. When they only get one or two things, they really like it.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (revealing she's not yet ready to marry Jake Gyllenhaal) Family is all we have in life, but I don't know how I feel about marriage. Obviously, I'm not far enough out of being married to think about doing it again. You sort of reconstitute your family. You find a family with people who come into your life for a reason.
    • Reese witherspoon: (on working with Vince Vaughn in "Four Christmases") Vince is the funniest person I've ever worked with in my entire life. There were days when we were shooting things, I would laugh so hard it would ruin the take, and I was afraid I was going to pee on myself, it was so funny.

    • Reese Witherspoon: My grandmother was one of the greatest 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. And those are a lot of qualities I saw in June Carter [my character in Walk the Line]. People used to ask June how she was doin', and she would say, "I'm just tryin' to matter!" And I know what she means, you know? I'm just trying to matter and live a good life and make work that means something to somebody.

    • Reese Witherspoon: I'll be honest with you. Comedy is what I want to see at the movies these days. Life is frickin' hard, man! When I go to the movies, I want to see people smiling, enjoying themselves, and having some fun. I've made other kinds of movies, for sure, but it's pretty apparent to me that [comedy] is what people want. I enjoy those kinds of movies.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (on what was going through her head when she had just won the Oscar for Best Actress) Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! I hope I don't have to say anything! You know, it's really hard for me. One of the hardest things about this movie (Walk The Line) was talking in front of a large group of people- or singing in front of a large group of people. I'm used to a filmmaking experience which for me has always been very small and intimate, with never more than 50 people watching your performance. So for me it was a great sort of accomplishment to just learn to stand in my own shows, and in my own self, and be proud of myself... it's different for me.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I came from a wonderful family- very intelligent people, very eccentric people, a wonderful southern family. I've been very lucky and blessed that there was a lot of love in my family, no matter what else was going on. We all love each other very much, so it really is a gift and I think that's a huge part of how I was able to achieve what I did.
    • Reese Witherspoon: The thing that bugs me about today's kids is that everyone gets MVP. Everybody receives the award! No! That's not right! I vividly remember the two weeks of crying when I didn't make the volleyball team. It made me interesting.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I'm a big organizer person. I can spend a good three hours on my sock drawer. It's fantastic!
    • Reese Witherspoon: (describing the kissing scene between her & Vince Vaughn in "Four Christmases") When we shot the kissing scenes, the top of my head hits Vince's armpit! I had an apple box and a platform that I dragged around with me and stood on it.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I'm a fast-talking, sharp-shooting, tough girl. I like to think that I'm really tough on the outside, with a caramel-sweet center.

    • Reese Witherspoon: When I was a question on Jeopardy, that's when I felt famous.

    • Reese Witherspoon: (about her Oscar for her film "Walk the Line") It looks real purdy on my bookcase. When people come over to the house, I tell them, "You can touch it, but you have to give a speech."
    • Reese Witherspoon: (about her 8-year-old daughter Ava) She really thinks that the coolest person in the world is Miley Cyrus. She has no idea I'm in show business. I'm trying to keep that on the down-low so I don't get hounded for concert tickets.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (about her famous character from the "Legally Blonde" films) I am still enamored with Elle. She almost magically finds that she can relate to every single person on one level or another. She doesn't think she's above or below anyone. She sees each person as an individual and looks for the good in everyone, and I think that's what's so great about her.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I just try to take care of the kids first. I try to sort out their lives and their school and make sure everything's good with their lives. If the kids are happy, the parents are happy. So once I have all that kind of sorted, it's much easier to get on with my life and that kind of thing. My daughter's starting school this year. She starts kindergarten, so I took a little time off just to be there for her. I'm sure she'll be fine, and I won't. I'll be crying, and she'll be like, "Get out of here." So yeah, it's important to take breaks.
    • Reese Witherspoon: Why do Southern women make bad prostitutes? Cuz we have to write so many thank-you notes.
    • Reese Witherspoon (On the coverage of young stars): Everybody is hung out to dry now. It's one thing if you're up for it and you want it, and you go out without your panties on. But if you're wearing your panties – gosh darn it, leave me alone!
    • Reese Witherspoon: I am so blessed to have my family...it didn't matter if I was making my bed or making a movie. My parents never hesitated to say how proud they were of me, and that means so much to a child.
    • Reese Witherspoon: When I had a kid, it clarified a lot of things to me. I'm not a supercool person. And I've never had the most friends.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (On Walk the Line.) I loved the beginning where we get to fight like cats and dogs. We had so much fun doing that! Well, I don't know if he enjoyed it as much as I did. I love having that antagonistic relationship in the beginning, and being equally as strong as each other and bullheaded. It kind of reminded me of a Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn-type movie.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I feel like there's a race being run for some unattainable goal--to be the best, the skinniest, the most beautiful. I just admit that's what I'll never be.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (On her school experience) I thrived in a school environment. I always did the extra credit. I would do it even before the teachers assigned it.
    • Reese Witherspoon: There's something about laying on the floor with your kids and hearing their belly laugh, or hearing their deep-down fears. That's what life's about.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I take motherhood seriously... I just try to take care of the kids first, sort out their lives and make sure everything is good...If the kids are happy, the parents are happy!
    • Reese Witherspoon: As a child, I had private ideas and private dreams I never told anybody about... I never expected the kind of success I've gotten. I haven't accepted it totally.
    • Reese Witherspoon: Singing in front of thousands of people made me as nervous as thinking about childbirth.
    • Reese Witherspoon: Love is a beautiful thing, but you've got to nurture it through the 50 things that come during the day.
    • Reese Witherspoon: (About her daughter Ava) I love taking Ava to school and participating in snack time. I get jealous when other people get to spend time with my kid!
    • Reese Witherspoon: (Talking about the movie Walk The Line) This film is really important to me. It's about where I grew up, it's about the music I grew up listening to, so it's very meaningful.
    • Reese Witherspoon: I think it's an interesting time. There's a lot of interesting women's roles, and there can be more, and there will be more. The success of each woman in this business creates more success for more women. I just try to do my best and try to create more opportunities for women.
    • Reese Witherspoon: Creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, 'I'm stupid, isn't it cute?' makes me want to throw daggers. I want to say to them, 'My grandma did not fight for what she fought for just so you can start telling women it's fun to be stupid. Saying that to young women, little girls, my daughter? It's not okay.'
    • Reese Witherspoon: 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.
    • Reese Witherspoon: 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'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.
    • Reese Witherspoon: 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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