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Reese Witherspoon

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365 total appearances

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

And women's stories matter. And that's my life mission, right? It's not about me needing an award or a thing. I mean, they're all very nice. I really appreciate them. But what my life work is, when my life purpose lined up with my work and suddenly I was doing this work that changed other women's lives and I got calls. that were like, I could afford a house for the first time in my life.

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

And women's stories matter. And that's my life mission, right? It's not about me needing an award or a thing. I mean, they're all very nice. I really appreciate them. But what my life work is, when my life purpose lined up with my work and suddenly I was doing this work that changed other women's lives and I got calls. that were like, I could afford a house for the first time in my life.

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

And my, my kids going to college, I have economic stability because you picked my book club book. That's the stuff y'all where I pinch myself. And I think I am so lucky on this earth to be able to take what I was given and then just move it over there. Right.

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

And my, my kids going to college, I have economic stability because you picked my book club book. That's the stuff y'all where I pinch myself. And I think I am so lucky on this earth to be able to take what I was given and then just move it over there. Right.

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

And my, my kids going to college, I have economic stability because you picked my book club book. That's the stuff y'all where I pinch myself. And I think I am so lucky on this earth to be able to take what I was given and then just move it over there. Right.

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

I mean, luck is one thing.

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

I mean, luck is one thing.

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

I mean, luck is one thing.

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

That's such a good question. I sit sometimes in those board meetings, those tables, and And I watched the way people behave. I think in my 20s, I would have tried to emulate their behavior. But now I bring myself to it. And I think there's a reason I'm there. I was uniquely chosen to be there at this moment in time. And that my perspective as a woman, as a mom, as a consumer of media matters.

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

That's such a good question. I sit sometimes in those board meetings, those tables, and And I watched the way people behave. I think in my 20s, I would have tried to emulate their behavior. But now I bring myself to it. And I think there's a reason I'm there. I was uniquely chosen to be there at this moment in time. And that my perspective as a woman, as a mom, as a consumer of media matters.

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

That's such a good question. I sit sometimes in those board meetings, those tables, and And I watched the way people behave. I think in my 20s, I would have tried to emulate their behavior. But now I bring myself to it. And I think there's a reason I'm there. I was uniquely chosen to be there at this moment in time. And that my perspective as a woman, as a mom, as a consumer of media matters.

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

The way I watch my teenagers and what they're interested in versus what a boardroom full of people think is important. Women just inherently have this incredible knowledge base, right? But we're not empowered to use it in the right way. We're certainly not chosen to be on boards and to run companies. And if we are, the glare of the spotlight is so harsh and so...

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

The way I watch my teenagers and what they're interested in versus what a boardroom full of people think is important. Women just inherently have this incredible knowledge base, right? But we're not empowered to use it in the right way. We're certainly not chosen to be on boards and to run companies. And if we are, the glare of the spotlight is so harsh and so...

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

The way I watch my teenagers and what they're interested in versus what a boardroom full of people think is important. Women just inherently have this incredible knowledge base, right? But we're not empowered to use it in the right way. We're certainly not chosen to be on boards and to run companies. And if we are, the glare of the spotlight is so harsh and so...

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

difficult for female CEOs and women in the C-suite. It's tough, but I think I'm going to show up with my whole self and hopefully create value for everybody here, but also create space for more women to sit in these seats, you know? And do it as you. But it's not what I thought I'd be doing. I never thought I'd be doing this. I grew up in the corporate world. I don't

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

difficult for female CEOs and women in the C-suite. It's tough, but I think I'm going to show up with my whole self and hopefully create value for everybody here, but also create space for more women to sit in these seats, you know? And do it as you. But it's not what I thought I'd be doing. I never thought I'd be doing this. I grew up in the corporate world. I don't

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

difficult for female CEOs and women in the C-suite. It's tough, but I think I'm going to show up with my whole self and hopefully create value for everybody here, but also create space for more women to sit in these seats, you know? And do it as you. But it's not what I thought I'd be doing. I never thought I'd be doing this. I grew up in the corporate world. I don't

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

lines, but I've been in the business for 30 years and I've watched what works. I know what stories work. I can read a book and I can tell you that's a good movie. That's not going to be a movie. And I can tell you exactly which studios will buy it and who's not interested. And I can say, okay, that's going to be a TV show. That's a movie, but that's a podcast.

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

lines, but I've been in the business for 30 years and I've watched what works. I know what stories work. I can read a book and I can tell you that's a good movie. That's not going to be a movie. And I can tell you exactly which studios will buy it and who's not interested. And I can say, okay, that's going to be a TV show. That's a movie, but that's a podcast.

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

lines, but I've been in the business for 30 years and I've watched what works. I know what stories work. I can read a book and I can tell you that's a good movie. That's not going to be a movie. And I can tell you exactly which studios will buy it and who's not interested. And I can say, okay, that's going to be a TV show. That's a movie, but that's a podcast.