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This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses. ... It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry.

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Reese Witherspoon
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: March 22
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
Model
Television Actor
Television Producer
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New Orleans
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Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
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I had someone correct my grammar once on a blind date, and within the first 10 minutes the date was over. You just don't correct somebody's grammar. That's just not okay. I'm from Tennessee, so I probably say everything wrong. I might have said ain't, or something like that.
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God, America is a country predicated on listening to everybody. When did we stop listening to one another?
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As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.
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Never miss an opportunity to just shut up.
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There's something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day.
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One honest voice is louder than a crowd.
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Your body is just a vessel for who you are as a person. And until you work on what you give back to the world, it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside.
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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
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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.
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Obviously, this isn't the time in my life that I would have chosen to do this, but I feel like life gives you these challenges for a reason. I feel so happy and glad to be in the place that I am. I really feel blessed. This is something I need to face and take control of.
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