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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.

Reese Witherspoon

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Reese Witherspoon
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: March 22
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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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I love that people are going, Yeah, I love a hundred different kinds of beauty it's not all the tall, skinny supermodel. Around the world, we have to find the beauty. Now more than ever, we're looking.
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I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning.
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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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Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't really know that much about June Carter. So finding out about her really helped to inform my performance and to bring her to the front in a way that she has never been before.
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Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.
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Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it.
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Never miss an opportunity to just shut up.
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My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!
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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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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.
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I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.
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My husband is my biggest supporter on earth. He encourages me to put myself out in the world in ways that feel scary, and he's like, I'm always gonna catch you. I'm always gonna be there for you. My supportive mother and family. Honey, it's such a village.
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I'm at a point in my life where I could make 20 more movies, but I want to make 20 more movies that matter to me.
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Women want to see the truth. They don't want to see some perfect girl.
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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.
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I was all of these women. I've been a young mom I've been a divorcée I've been a single mom. I've been the working mom versus the nonworking mom.
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