Top 100 Reese Witherspoon Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “It really bothers me when people don’t use coasters. Particularly on my table.”

— Reese Witherspoon

52. “More people telling stories leads to more interesting perspectives in this world. I often think we wouldn’t get to these political impasses if we had balance in storytelling.”

— Reese Witherspoon

53. “People aren’t pretty if they act ugly.”

— Reese Witherspoon

54. “Doing begets more doing. It sounds simple, but I’m a firm believer that action can solve so many worries, and just powering through, no matter what, can give you the confidence you need when you feel like you’ve got nothing to offer.”

— Reese Witherspoon

55. “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.”

— Reese Witherspoon

56. “I like Yoga. I run. I go hiking. I’m very active. I like being outside.”

— Reese Witherspoon

57. “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.”

— Reese Witherspoon

58. “Realizing you’re not anything special to the kids is always a great sort of reminder that you’re just a regular person. A regular, embarrassing old mom.”

— Reese Witherspoon

59. “I was always, as a younger actress, very conscious of not wanting to act sexy. I didn’t see myself like that. But I think as a woman, you get older, you feel more confident in your sexuality. You’re not as intimidated by it, not as embarrassed by it.”

— Reese Witherspoon

60. “It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. I have nothing but respect for the police and I’m very sorry for my behavior.”

— Reese Witherspoon

61. “If more men would see a story of what it was like to be pregnant, and how it felt to be in a place where you had to make a decision about whether to keep a pregnancy, maybe they would feel differently about women’s health care.”

— Reese Witherspoon

62. “A proper southern goodbye can take hours.”

— Reese Witherspoon

63. “I’m trying to make it cool to be a good girl.”

— Reese Witherspoon

64. “I like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I’m more womanly. I feel sexier.”

— Reese Witherspoon

65. “Being a Southern person and a blonde, it’s not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.”

— Reese Witherspoon

66. “I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.”

— Reese Witherspoon

67. “To be courageous, you have to have an army of people holding you.”

— Reese Witherspoon

68. “The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that’s not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it’s a power – not being yourself, and being in the role; it’s just like another prop.”

— Reese Witherspoon

69. “For our first date, I made Ryan Hamburger Helper, which is basically what I grew up on. I make my own version of it now, with macaroni and cheese and hamburger meat. And the kids – it’s their favorite dinner.”

— Reese Witherspoon

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

— Reese Witherspoon

71. “I played a lawyer in a movie so many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I’m not a lawyer, because I got arrested.”

— Reese Witherspoon

72. “I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I’m a fast reader.”

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73. “It’s funny that it all becomes about clothes. It’s bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it’s all about your dress. You can’t get away from it.”

— Reese Witherspoon

74. “Women want to see the truth. They don’t want to see some perfect girl.”

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75. “I grew up in Tennessee. We didn’t know what Louis Vuitton was. I had to order all my prom outfits out of catalogs.”

— Reese Witherspoon

76. “I don’t think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It’s not easy on anybody.”

— Reese Witherspoon

77. “That said, I’d love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.”

— Reese Witherspoon

78. “You may be the first person who turns on a light in a dark room.”

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79. “One historical note that I just love: When the suffragettes were marching, at one point they started wearing red lipstick so they would all be wearing the same bold color and stand in solidarity with one another. I love how this little thing many women had in their purses became a powerful political symbol. It’s a reminder that we don’t have to diminish ourselves as women to be seen as strong. You can push for societal change and you can love getting dressed up. You don’t have to choose.”

— Reese Witherspoon

80. “I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things – that’s my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.”

— Reese Witherspoon

81. “I always let my husband read the script so he knows what’s about to happen to his wife. When I played Cheryl Strayed in Wild, I’d get really mad about certain things, I’d say really profound things, and I’d curse out of nowhere. He’d say, “Are you you, or are you Cheryl?””

— Reese Witherspoon

82. “Do I need men? I don’t think it’s about needing men. It’s about love.”

— Reese Witherspoon

83. “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.”

— Reese Witherspoon

84. “People seem to really enjoy laughing at me.”

— Reese Witherspoon

85. “It’s important to me that my home feel welcoming. I want people to feel like they can sit on the furniture. You can have a beautiful house, very well decorated, but you have to be able to sit down or else it’s not a home.”

— Reese Witherspoon

86. “We always say in the South that good manners are a kind of passport. If you have good manners, you can go everywhere and people are glad to have you around.”

— Reese Witherspoon

87. “It’s fun chasing boys, especially when you’re young, but I think it takes time and life experience to notice the other boys.”

— Reese Witherspoon

88. “You hope you’re saying the right things – but also, as a kid becomes a teenager, you feel like there’s a ticking clock for you to tell them everything they need to know.”

— Reese Witherspoon

89. “I’m just chatty. But I do express my opinion.”

— Reese Witherspoon

90. “We were taught manners by example. The older women in our families were unflappably polite. Southern women are strong and outspoken but also beautifully composed and always present their best selves to the world. They believe in character and the presentation of that character. They aren’t afraid to tell you how they really feel.”

— Reese Witherspoon

91. “I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don’t spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.”

— Reese Witherspoon

92. “No one can sing like June Carter so I just tried to sing my very best.”

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93. “You can learn a lot about yourself with what youre doing and who youre with on a sunday.”

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94. “A lot of key moments in life are like that: You can be nervous as all get out. Just drink a beer and do it anyway.”

— Reese Witherspoon

95. “When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.”

— Reese Witherspoon

96. “We’re more than just our dresses.”

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97. “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.”

— Reese Witherspoon

98. “I love to cook comfort food. I’ll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.”

— Reese Witherspoon

99. “You know, I used to not understand fashion, a lot of it, but I completely understood being a playwright or a screenwriter and suddenly having an actor say your words and making them come to life. That I can understand. Finally, I’m starting to understand this.”

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100. “I was talking to my friend who’s a psychologist, who says a woman’s frontal cortex isn’t fully developed till 25 and a man’s till 28. I was almost 34 when we met; he was 39. So I wouldn’t say either of us has wildly changed; I just love him more and more.”

— Reese Witherspoon