[on having a baby]: "Obviously,
this isn't the time in my life that I would have chosen to
do this, but I feel like life gives you these challenges for
a reason. I feel so happy and glad to be in the place that
I am. I really feel blessed. This is something I need to face
and take control of. " - ET Online, April 9, 1999
[talking about how she choose
the films she will be in]: "I have a weird process, but
the main thing is like this: I hear her voice in my head.
There are a lot of wonderful scripts my agents can't believe
I pass on, but I do because I can't hear the voice. It doesn't
appeal to me then. I'm really careful. Unless I hear the voice,
I can't do it."
[talking about motherhood
and her baby]: "I feel good, I'm proud of Election and
very proud of this [her child]. It couldn't be a better time.
It's always the right time when it happens. You make it the
right time."
"On the Internet, it
says that I'm married. Some Psycho Santa has decided to tell
the entire world that I'm married to him. I've never been
married in my whole life." -- Reese Witherspoon to Dale
Brasel in Detour Magazine, February 1998
[on Ryan Phillippe]: "It
isn't always easy seeing your boyfriend like you know in a
bathtub with some girl or kissing some other girl. Well I
guess its part of the job."- E! News Daily, February
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