282 Quotes by Reese Witherspoon

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

There’s a fabulous book, Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry by Tiffany M. Gill, about African American hair salons and their owners during the 1960s – women who changed the entire social landscape of the South.

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.

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

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.

You may be the first person who turns on a light in a dark room.

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

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.

Women want to see the truth. They don’t want to see some perfect girl.