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Reese Witherspoon

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342 total appearances

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

And a third of the people are going to be totally neutral. They're just neutral. And you don't care about them. They don't care about you. No harm, no foul. And then the other third are going to try and drag you down.

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

And a third of the people are going to be totally neutral. They're just neutral. And you don't care about them. They don't care about you. No harm, no foul. And then the other third are going to try and drag you down.

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

actively, whether they know it consciously, unconsciously, they are here to pull people down and they're going to try and pull you down. And she was like, avoid the bottom third. Yeah. And I talked to this, like my kids about it all the time about finding friendships that lift you up, see you care about you care about your children, care about your mom and your dad and your family.

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

actively, whether they know it consciously, unconsciously, they are here to pull people down and they're going to try and pull you down. And she was like, avoid the bottom third. Yeah. And I talked to this, like my kids about it all the time about finding friendships that lift you up, see you care about you care about your children, care about your mom and your dad and your family.

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

actively, whether they know it consciously, unconsciously, they are here to pull people down and they're going to try and pull you down. And she was like, avoid the bottom third. Yeah. And I talked to this, like my kids about it all the time about finding friendships that lift you up, see you care about you care about your children, care about your mom and your dad and your family.

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

Um, you know, try and bring and attract those kinds of people in your life. And avoid those bottom third. Because they're coming for you, man. They're coming for your light and your energy. Yes. Yeah. It's really good.

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

Um, you know, try and bring and attract those kinds of people in your life. And avoid those bottom third. Because they're coming for you, man. They're coming for your light and your energy. Yes. Yeah. It's really good.

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

Um, you know, try and bring and attract those kinds of people in your life. And avoid those bottom third. Because they're coming for you, man. They're coming for your light and your energy. Yes. Yeah. It's really good.

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

I have to be brave. And for me, being brave is like just jumping. Like I imagine myself as a little kid jumping two feet in a cold pool. And you know, once you get in there, it's not as cold as you thought it was. That's right. I also think about other people like, must be terrifying to have to stand alone in a room or I think, oh, I'm going to go say hi. Why not?

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

I have to be brave. And for me, being brave is like just jumping. Like I imagine myself as a little kid jumping two feet in a cold pool. And you know, once you get in there, it's not as cold as you thought it was. That's right. I also think about other people like, must be terrifying to have to stand alone in a room or I think, oh, I'm going to go say hi. Why not?

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

I have to be brave. And for me, being brave is like just jumping. Like I imagine myself as a little kid jumping two feet in a cold pool. And you know, once you get in there, it's not as cold as you thought it was. That's right. I also think about other people like, must be terrifying to have to stand alone in a room or I think, oh, I'm going to go say hi. Why not?

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

What's the worst thing that could happen? Or be vulnerable. I will tell you when I had no friends in Los Angeles, I moved right after college. I stopped out of Stanford because I got this job and I moved into this apartment. I didn't know anybody who was 19 years old. I had no friends. And my mom came to visit me. go, mom, I have no friends. And she's like, well, there's a girl across the hallway.

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

What's the worst thing that could happen? Or be vulnerable. I will tell you when I had no friends in Los Angeles, I moved right after college. I stopped out of Stanford because I got this job and I moved into this apartment. I didn't know anybody who was 19 years old. I had no friends. And my mom came to visit me. go, mom, I have no friends. And she's like, well, there's a girl across the hallway.

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

What's the worst thing that could happen? Or be vulnerable. I will tell you when I had no friends in Los Angeles, I moved right after college. I stopped out of Stanford because I got this job and I moved into this apartment. I didn't know anybody who was 19 years old. I had no friends. And my mom came to visit me. go, mom, I have no friends. And she's like, well, there's a girl across the hallway.

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

I had to do it like Betty Witherspoon. There's a girl across the hallway and she looks like she's about your age. And I think you should just go over there and you should just ask her if she wants to have some coffee. And I was like, really? Yeah. So I knocked on her door and I was like, hi. And she goes, she goes, hi. Hi, I'm Reese. I'm I'm 19. She goes, I'm 19 too. My name is Heather.

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

I had to do it like Betty Witherspoon. There's a girl across the hallway and she looks like she's about your age. And I think you should just go over there and you should just ask her if she wants to have some coffee. And I was like, really? Yeah. So I knocked on her door and I was like, hi. And she goes, she goes, hi. Hi, I'm Reese. I'm I'm 19. She goes, I'm 19 too. My name is Heather.

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

I had to do it like Betty Witherspoon. There's a girl across the hallway and she looks like she's about your age. And I think you should just go over there and you should just ask her if she wants to have some coffee. And I was like, really? Yeah. So I knocked on her door and I was like, hi. And she goes, she goes, hi. Hi, I'm Reese. I'm I'm 19. She goes, I'm 19 too. My name is Heather.

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

And I was like, I don't know anybody. I just stopped out of Stanford. I'm here by myself. She goes, I just stopped out of Berkeley. I was like, oh, I'm working. She's like, I'm working too. I was like, do you want to get coffee? She's my best friend to this day.

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

And I was like, I don't know anybody. I just stopped out of Stanford. I'm here by myself. She goes, I just stopped out of Berkeley. I was like, oh, I'm working. She's like, I'm working too. I was like, do you want to get coffee? She's my best friend to this day.

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

And I was like, I don't know anybody. I just stopped out of Stanford. I'm here by myself. She goes, I just stopped out of Berkeley. I was like, oh, I'm working. She's like, I'm working too. I was like, do you want to get coffee? She's my best friend to this day.