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• Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with.
• That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.
• That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.
• We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. It's a lovely place to be, but it's not extravagant.
• The thing is, we're not extravagant people. It's just unbelievable the amounts of money we make. But we don't spend it. It's too scary to spend it.
• Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.
• I got a role in this movie called Freeway playing this really angry, aggressive, violent young woman who believed wholeheartedly in the truth. I had such satisfaction afterward, and I thought, That's what I want to do.
• 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 have to turn down roles I really want to do because I can't travel. But that's okay, because you make peace with things in your mind.
• I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.
• 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.
• It also contains a nice spiritual message about how important it is to nurture yourself. Women are great at taking care of their husbands, kids and the dog. But they don't take a moment for themselves. I liked the 'It's a Wonderful Life' quality to this film where a woman gets to see how she helped everyone around her, but not herself.
• We make each other laugh and we have two beautiful children.
• My family has been thankfully fine, ... We live in Tennessee. But we have many extended family members, friends, that are dealing with some pretty difficult things. So, I've been in touch with a lot of different people like Save the Children and Children's Defense Fund, who are doing wonderful things to help out down there and providing refuge for a lot of people. All you can do is pray, you know?
• June Carter had a long heritage of just being the spokesperson for country music and the face of country music.
• Hey, don't put that glass on the table without a coaster. Haven't I taught you better?
• He is who he is. He's not posturing or trying to look pretty or have great hair. He's just a real man and he's funny. There are a lot of actors who don't think funny is cool. So it's nice to see someone of his caliber doing comedy.
• They had authentic country roots. But I think they believe they were put on this earth to be together.
• A lot of work. A lot of vocal coaching, a lot of instrument training.
• There seems to be no repercussions for the behavior. It's starting to feel chaotic and lawless.
• 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 really like the idea that Mark appeals to so many people because he just is who he is. He's not posturing or trying to look pretty or have great hair. He's just a real man and he's funny. There's a lot of actors nowadays, American actors that don't think funny is cool, so it's nice to see someone of his caliber doing comedy.
• I just think they have a unique love story, in that they were working side-by-side for 12 years and completely enamored of each other and couldn't be together. It was a really good story.
• 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 do like the fact that fans think I'm a sweet girl. They'll run up to me and want to talk, but not about me. It's about them. They want to tell me their life stories or what they had for dinner last night ...
• 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. So I like that quality and I like that sort of 'Wonderful Life' quality where she gets to see her life for what it was and go back and have another opportunity.
• awful... I was sure they were going to have LeAnn Rimes sing my part.
• Romantic comedy has really evolved since that time when there used to be a lot of social conventions and all sorts of reasons why people couldn't be together.
• You don't realize this when you're giving birth but you instantly know it when you assess your life.
• At that point, music was very organic. It wasn't about synthesizing sounds or creating a computer. It was about storytelling and interpretation and performance. There was a lot of that kind of coaching going on.
• So then I said, 'I don't think I'm very good. I would really prefer if we just had somebody else do it or we used the original music.'
• Everything I sang sounded awful. So I went outside and I screamed. Everyone pretty much agreed it was awful.
• He enjoys that style of music and understands how culturally and historically relevant it is.
• This film is really important to me. It's about where I grew up, it's about the music I grew up listening to, so it's very meaningful.
• It did not become an issue until he ... became aggressive, frightening members of the party.
• I was having a lot of fun, but I'm having even more fun now.
• It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.
• And you know, life is a constant learning experience. I learn so much with my kids. I read tons of books and study what they're studying.
• 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.
• But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content.
• 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.
• Confidence is everything in this business.
• 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
• But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.
• I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.
• I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.
• 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.
• I love books.
• I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.
• 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.
• I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.
• 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.
• 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.
• I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion.
• I talked to several of her children and they were so encouraging and supportive. I just hope I've done her memory justice.
• No one can sing like June Carter so I just tried to sing my very best.
• Creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, 'I'm stupid, isn't it cute?' makes me want to throw daggers. I want to say to them, 'My grandma did not fight for what she fought for just so you can start telling women it's fun to be stupid. Saying that to young women, little girls, my daughter? It's not OK'.
• This one just had a really nice spiritual message about how important it is to nurture yourself. 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. So I like that quality and I like that sort of Wonderful Life quality where she gets to see her life for what it was and go back and have another opportunity.
• I loved the beginning where we get to fight like cats and dogs. We had so much fun doing that! Well, I don't know if he enjoyed it as much as I did. I love having that antagonistic relationship in the beginning, and being equally as strong as each other and bullheaded. It kind of reminded me of a Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn-type movie.
• 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 Filmography
2007 - Rendition2006 - Penelope
2005 - Just like Heaven
2005 - Walk the Line
2004 - Vanity Fair
2003 - Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2002 - Sweet Home Alabama
2002 - The Importance of Being Earnest
2001 - Legally Blonde
2001 - The Trumpet of the Swan
2000 - American Psycho
2000 - Little Nicky
1999 - Best Laid Plans
1999 - Election
1999 - Cruel Intentions
1998 - Pleasantville
1998 - Overnight Delivery
1998 - Twilight
1996 - Fear
1996 - Freeway
1994 - S.F.W.
1993 - Jack the Bear
1993 - A Far Off Place
1992 - Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1991 - Wildflower
1991 - The Man in the Moon
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