Quotes

The thing is, we're not extravagant people. It's just unbelievable the amounts of money we make. But we don't spend it. It's too scary to spend it.
-Reese Witherspoon

Why do Southern women make bad prostitutes? Cuz we have to write so many thank-you notes.
-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

Love is a beautiful thing, but you've got to nurture it through the 50 things that come during the day.
-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.
-Reese Witherspoon

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.
-Reese Witherspoon

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.
-Reese Witherspoon

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.
-Reese Witherspoon

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.
-Reese Witherspoon

We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. It's a lovely place to be, but it's not extravagant.
-Reese Witherspoon

I'm a big organizer person. I can spend a good three hours on my sock drawer. It's fantastic!
-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

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

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

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.
-Reese Witherspoon

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.
-Reese Witherspoon

I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.
-Reese Witherspoon

I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion.
-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.
-Reese Witherspoon

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

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

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

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

Confidence is everything in this business.
-Reese Witherspoon

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.
-Reese Witherspoon

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

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

That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.
-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.
-Reese Witherspoon

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

I thrived in a school environment. I always did the extra credit. I would do it even brefore the teachers assigned it.
-Reese Witherspoon

Singing in front of thousands of people made me as nervous as thinking about childbirth.
-Reese Witherspoon

And you know, life is a constant learning experience. I learn so much with my kids. I read tons of books and study what they're studying.
-Reese Witherspoon

I cook a lot, almost every night.
-Reese Witherspoon

I have to turn down roles I really want to do because I can't travel. But that's okay, because you make peace with things in your mind.
-Reese Witherspoon

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.
-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.
-Reese Witherspoon