Reese Witherspoon
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I just didn't know how to do it.
I just didn't know how to do it.
I just didn't know how to do it.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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