Reese Witherspoon

I was thinking about why I make movies, and I know why. Life is hard. It’s nice to go escape and have a good time at the movies. If I can give people a movie about hope, love and the future, then I’ve done my job.

I think everyone has their own set of problems, and sometimes I feel I’m in the middle of the biggest challenge of my life just trying to maintain normalcy in a kind of crazy lifestyle.

I’d love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

Life isn’t just about you: It’s about family and friends and giving back.

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

[on motherhood] I feel good, I’m proud of Election (1999) and very proud of this (her child). It couldn’t be a better time. It’s always the right time when it happens. You make it the right time.

A friend of mine had this great theory about the “Teletubbies”, that it’s preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. When they build the underground world because we can no longer breathe the air that it will look like Teletubbie land.

I think women dress for other women to let them know what their deal is. Because if women were only dressing for men, there would be nothing but Victoria’s Secret. There would be no Dior.

It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good.

I was thinking about why I make movies, and I know why. Life is hard. It’s nice to go escape and have a good time at the movies. If I can give people a movie about hope, love and the future, then I’ve done my job.

The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It’s hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.

I’m very proud of my skin and my face, and I have no problem not wearing makeup. I don’t wear makeup because I feel like I need to cover myself up or because I don’t feel confident. I wear makeup because it’s fun; it’s like painting on my face.

I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian.

By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your f**ing life.

Guys act strange around me. I swear I don’t know why!

You can’t fake listening. It shows.

My mother was a gypsy, and she had a lot of dark blood in her, and her hair was very, very thick – she couldn’t even get a brush through it. So I have been very fortunate. And every time I go to cut it off, hairdressers refuse to do it.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

The only reward for anything is food.

Say Yes. You’ll figure it out afterward.

I used to sleep nude – until the earthquake.