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Reese Witherspoon

👤 Speaker
365 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Well, I've had to break up with friends and I, in full candor, I've handled it really poorly and I think I've handled it really well. So it's usually probably my age. I thought I was terrible at it when I was in my twenties, even my thirties, just, I kind of drift away because I'm busy and I'm busy a lot. Right. But that's not fair. You know, I think it's not fair.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Well, I've had to break up with friends and I, in full candor, I've handled it really poorly and I think I've handled it really well. So it's usually probably my age. I thought I was terrible at it when I was in my twenties, even my thirties, just, I kind of drift away because I'm busy and I'm busy a lot. Right. But that's not fair. You know, I think it's not fair.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

It's important to be clear with people. And I haven't always been clear with people. But as I've gotten older, I try harder to be very, very clear and succinct and without putting any sort of spin or shame on it. And I think I have to have boundaries, I guess. You have to have boundaries, right? Yeah.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

It's important to be clear with people. And I haven't always been clear with people. But as I've gotten older, I try harder to be very, very clear and succinct and without putting any sort of spin or shame on it. And I think I have to have boundaries, I guess. You have to have boundaries, right? Yeah.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

It's important to be clear with people. And I haven't always been clear with people. But as I've gotten older, I try harder to be very, very clear and succinct and without putting any sort of spin or shame on it. And I think I have to have boundaries, I guess. You have to have boundaries, right? Yeah.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Yeah, it's not cool. And I have to be honest, I don't feel good about some of the friendships that I, you know, in my 20s I drifted away from because I didn't know how to have the conversation.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Yeah, it's not cool. And I have to be honest, I don't feel good about some of the friendships that I, you know, in my 20s I drifted away from because I didn't know how to have the conversation.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Yeah, it's not cool. And I have to be honest, I don't feel good about some of the friendships that I, you know, in my 20s I drifted away from because I didn't know how to have the conversation.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I just didn't know how to do it.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I just didn't know how to do it.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I just didn't know how to do it.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Well, I started when I was 14. So I was just felt so lucky to get a shot. You know, when you have a dream and then you get a chance, you'll do anything. Like I would do anything to have that shot at a movie. I would stay up all night, whatever they said, work all night, you know, don't sleep or come in the next day, three hours later.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Well, I started when I was 14. So I was just felt so lucky to get a shot. You know, when you have a dream and then you get a chance, you'll do anything. Like I would do anything to have that shot at a movie. I would stay up all night, whatever they said, work all night, you know, don't sleep or come in the next day, three hours later.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Well, I started when I was 14. So I was just felt so lucky to get a shot. You know, when you have a dream and then you get a chance, you'll do anything. Like I would do anything to have that shot at a movie. I would stay up all night, whatever they said, work all night, you know, don't sleep or come in the next day, three hours later.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I would do anything because it was my dream to be an actor and a storyteller to that end. I think I endured some stuff that

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I would do anything because it was my dream to be an actor and a storyteller to that end. I think I endured some stuff that

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I would do anything because it was my dream to be an actor and a storyteller to that end. I think I endured some stuff that

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

really wasn't appropriate I know wasn't appropriate um and as a kid I didn't fully understand because the grown-ups in charge told me it was okay now that I'm older and I look back on it um I think god I was part of a system that had no rules and and still a lot of entertainment industry doesn't have a lot of rules there's some really loose stuff going on you know and um

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

really wasn't appropriate I know wasn't appropriate um and as a kid I didn't fully understand because the grown-ups in charge told me it was okay now that I'm older and I look back on it um I think god I was part of a system that had no rules and and still a lot of entertainment industry doesn't have a lot of rules there's some really loose stuff going on you know and um

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

really wasn't appropriate I know wasn't appropriate um and as a kid I didn't fully understand because the grown-ups in charge told me it was okay now that I'm older and I look back on it um I think god I was part of a system that had no rules and and still a lot of entertainment industry doesn't have a lot of rules there's some really loose stuff going on you know and um