Reese Witherspoon

I think movies are great and I have a great time making them but they’re not what keeps you warm at night, or what’s ultimately the most important thing in anyone’s life journey.

When I was a question on Jeopardy!, that’s when I felt famous!

It’s fun to do a comedy and hook people in and then hoodwink them into watching a serious movie. I like to lead in with the comedy and then hit them over the head with a drama.

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

[on “Pleasantville”] We were thrilled for just the three nominations we got, but obviously it’s a little sad. I went through so many press junkets with people saying they loved it. And Joan Allen was robbed but she can’t get nominated every year. She’s an inspiration for every young actress. She has that calm and reserve about herself and makes you think she appreciates the normal things of everyday. Then she transforms into this character that’s so different.

It’s nice to come home to what’s real.

No one can be helped unless he can be put in the way of helping himself.

Those who marry for money end up EARNING it anyway.

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

It is bad luck to be superstitious.

Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make horseraces.

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.

Nothing’s funnier to me than laughing at myself.

Smiling is one of the highest forms of meditation.

No matter how flat you make a pancake, it’s still got two sides.

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger.

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.

As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.