282 Quotes by Reese Witherspoon

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

A lot of key moments in life are like that: You can be nervous as all get out. Just drink a beer and do it anyway.

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

I always say that it’s very important not to blame one person. You have to own whatever part of it you’re responsible for. It takes a lot of soul-searching. It’s important to go through that, because hopefully you won’t repeat yourself.

I have a history, a long history of being stereotyped as a five-foot-two woman, which is very limiting. I’ve worked so hard to create characters that have dignity. And I think everybody knows that I have a very pro-woman message in my work – and in my life.

One hundred percent my mother, who would always say, “If you want something done, do it yourself.” She must have said that 100 times to me – as a child, as a young woman, yesterday on the phone.

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.

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.

If more men would see a story of what it was like to be pregnant, and how it felt to be in a place where you had to make a decision about whether to keep a pregnancy, maybe they would feel differently about women’s health care.