Reese Witherspoon

Confidence is everything in this business.

There’s something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day.

What gets me is how many women – young women – give up their power and sense of self. Thinking they’re going to get more out of life if they take off their clothes and objectify themselves, instead of functioning on the principle that they’re smart and capable, that you can be an actress and not be on the covers of T&A magazines. I’m flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do that. It blows my mind.

Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their lives. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.

I have cellulite. I have stretch marks. I feel intimidated by Victoria’s Secret. Hollywood is one of those endless competitions, but it’s like running a race toward nothing. There’s no winning. You’re never going to win the pretty race. I just want to be the best version of myself that I can be.

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.

I’m always eager to return to the hospitality of the Southern states….Towns and cities that hold fond memories for me personally, places that gave birth to so much of the music I love.

History’s gonna be harder to make than I thought.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity!

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women’s Affairs. Man, who’d she have to show her ankles to to get that job?

I would say my number one tip is to know that it’s okay to be in love with yourself. That’s not a bad thing. People might think it’s cocky, or arrogant, or selfish – no, that’s not what that means. Being in love with yourself is okay.

I think its important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

I don’t like my feet. I’m not crazy about anybody’s feet. But I have flat feet.

In LA, where I live, it’s all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.

The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.

I love the people here. I love New York.

I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful.

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.

I sort of knew I was a bit of a drama queen. I always threw tantrums, so I knew I wasn’t a normal child.