If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them. Reese Witherspoon More Quotes by Reese Witherspoon More Quotes From Reese Witherspoon I like Yoga. I run. I go hiking. I'm very active. I like being outside. Reese Witherspoon hiking yoga running 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. Reese Witherspoon roles satisfaction truth More people telling stories leads to more interesting perspectives in this world. I often think we wouldn't get to these political impasses if we had balance in storytelling. Reese Witherspoon people interesting thinking I've been through really trying experiences personally, and your family is who you turn to. Reese Witherspoon our-family turns trying To be courageous , you have to have an army of people holding you. Reese Witherspoon courageous army people Exploring female rage on film doesn't frighten me - it might frighten a lot of people in my business, but, gosh, I know a lot about that, from personal experience and friends' experiences. Reese Witherspoon female might people Women are wives and mothers and girlfriends, but not the center of our own stories. No one's the good guy; no one's the bad guy. We all do deplorable things and very honorable things. Reese Witherspoon girlfriend wife mother Art is art. Television has elevated itself, in certain ways, but it's always pushed people's consciousness. Reese Witherspoon people television art God, America is a country predicated on listening to everybody. When did we stop listening to one another? Reese Witherspoon listening country america You're an actress! It's not about your ideas! You're there to tell other people's stories. Reese Witherspoon stories people ideas Growing up in the South, it was very patriarchal. When I applied to Stanford, I was told by a [male] college counselor, "You're never gonna get in, don't bother. They don't want you." I said, "I'm going to try." And I got in! But I wouldn't be the woman I am if I hadn't had that conflict to overcome. It has given me an underdog feeling all my life. Reese Witherspoon growing-up college feelings I'd always ask my grandma, who was so, so smart, why she didn't work, and she would explain that her parents didn't approve of her working after she had children. She didn't feel like she had choices. Reese Witherspoon smart grandma children Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin. Reese Witherspoon skins age comfort I was talking to my friend who's a psychologist, who says a woman's frontal cortex isn't fully developed till 25 and a man's till 28. I was almost 34 when we met; he was 39. So I wouldn't say either of us has wildly changed; I just love him more and more. Reese Witherspoon psychologist talking men Women want to see the truth. They don't want to see some perfect girl. Reese Witherspoon girl perfect want 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. Reese Witherspoon decision pregnancy men I'm encouraging these women, like Cheryl Strayed, to take the jump to writing for the screen. She is adapting her book Tiny Beautiful Things for us. They're infinitely capable of tackling the format. Reese Witherspoon writing beautiful book No woman's getting hired because of her potential. I hope that we can invest more in female potential. Reese Witherspoon female I thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor. Reese Witherspoon stanford election actors I was debating whether to do Legally Blonde, and I saw this interview with Gloria Steinem about how important Goldie Hawn's role in Private Benjamin was for women; by the end of the movie, the character socked her fiancé in the face at the altar because he didn't understand who she'd become through her journey. I was like, "I feel like Gloria Steinem told me to do Legally Blonde. That's how Elle Woods is too!" Reese Witherspoon important journey character
