Words out of Reese's mouth
[on the break-up scene she
had to do with Ryan Phillippe in Cruel Intentions (1999)]:
"I literally beat him up when we had to do the breakup
scene.We'd gotten so tired and we'd done the scene so many
times. He was off camera giving me my lines and he started
to ad lib - which is a bad thing when you're doing this kind
of scene, and talking like, 'I never loved you! You're not
attractive!' Terrible things. I got upset. I just hauled off
and socked him in the face. And everybody in the crew was
like 'Gasp! Can you believe she did that?' And I'm screaming
my lines and I just yelled 'Get out!' And then he ran off
and threw up in a stairwell. And I'm, like, sobbing, saying,
'I can't believe he said those things to me!'And the director
came in and said 'Oh God, I can't believe it, that was so
great! Can you do it again?'"
[on being an actress]: "The
joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into
something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves.
And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role;
it's just like another prop." - Femme Fatales, February
1998
[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 her character
in Election (1999)]: "I think that's a good point. You
don't realize how lonely my character is until the third act;
we had some really sad scenes where nobody would sign her
yearbook. In one of the scenes Paul Metzler says, "Tracy,
have a great summer, " and she's genuinely moved and
then she looks in her yearbook, and it says the same thing.
It's a theme in the movie. It's similar for actors."
[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 Ryan Phillippe]:
"I'm lucky to find a person to share my life, and the
best friend I'll ever have."
[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."
[talking about Pleasantville
(1998)]: "We were thrilled for just the three nominations
we got , but obviously it's a little sad. I went through so
many press junkets with people saying they loved it. And Joan
Allen was robbed but she can't get nominated every year. She's
an inspiration for every young actress. She has that calm
and reserve about herself and makes you think she appreciates
the normal things of everyday. Then she transforms into this
character that's so different."
[about her life]: "Many
people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely
spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to
make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest
will work itself out." - Animalhouse.com, April 30, 1999
[on life in general]: "I'm
definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success;
but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in
my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this
business; it's good to realize that you're always just one
movie away from not being in Vogue anymore." - Los Angeles
Daily News, May 10, 1999.
[talking about Ryan Phillippe]:
"We corresponded through letters and phone conversations
and really got to know each other on a more intellectual level.
And I think that really built a really long-lasting bond so
that when we finally did see each other, I think it was love
at first sight. Or love at second sight. "-TV Guide Online,
March 18, 1999
"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
[talking about her film Election
(1999)]:"There was a girl in junior high. She was so
perfect. She had all the boyfriends and was the smartest girl
in school. And she was rude to me! This is my little revenge.
I'm doing her in Election."
[talking about her upcoming
film American Psycho (2000)]:"I had read the book and
had a long discussion with Mary Harron (I) who's the director
and screenwriter. To me it's a dark satire about male response
to the sexual liberation of women in the early '80s. Women
didn't need men, and that was a new thing to these men, who
wore designer suits and had wonderful apartments. I think
the story is about this man who responds to his inadequacies
with the only control he can take, which is to put women in
these horribly compromising positions. Mary has this wonderful
black tone about it. I thought,
"She'll pull this off."
In addition to Christian Bale, it has Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe,
Samantha Mathisand Chloë Sevigny."
[talking about the movie business]:
"The battles that we face in this business aren't financial,
but they are moral. And I certainly think that the longer
you can keep your values, and your morality intact, and keep
your head on your shoulders about what is important at the
end of the day, you can get the most out of this business
and really emerge with something wonderful."
[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
1999
What other people
say about Reese
Ryan on starting a family with
Reese: "It just makes so many other things insignificant.
It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and
I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with,
and to be prepared and enthusiastic." (Allure, May 1999)
Ryan on working and being
with Reese: "It was great. I'm the luckiest guy in the
world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an
asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn't
have [as] colorful a role as Sarah's and mine, but she did
an amazing job. Really elevated the piece." (Cruel Intentions
Gala Premiere, March 1999)
Cruel Intentions Director
Roger Kumble on asking Reese to play the role of Annette in
the movie: "I got down on my knees and begged her, 'Please!
Please!, you have to do this!" (Premiere Magazine, April
1999)
Tobey Maguire on Reese: "I
have a really deep respect for Reese. It was a really important
experience for me to work with her." (ETOnline, October
1998)
Ryan about Reese: "She
keeps me happy. I think that's how we balance each other.
I think I'm a little serious at times and she can be a little
silly which I appreciate." (E! News Daily, February 1999)
Ryan about Reese: "What I've always found the most attractive
about Reese is her strength; she can handle everything."
(Los Angeles Daily News, May 10, 1999)
Sarah Michelle Gellar on Ryan and Reese: "They're unbelievable.
They're an inspiration to young love." (E! Online, March
22, 1999)
Legally Blonde Director Robert
Luketic on working with Reese: "Reese is like portable
sunshine. I really don't have to tell her much. I just have
to turn the camera on, she does it. She is incredible. I love
that girl a lot. She is getting a lot of attention now, but
she is very patient and professional. She has done a few big
movies now, but there is never an issue of ego," (careerone.com,
June 2001)
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