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Hollywood Journal

Reese Witherspoon covers The Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment issue.

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00:01Which of your character's lines has really stuck with you over the years?

00:05Well, definitely Elle Woods.

00:06What?

00:07Like it's hard?

00:08People ask me to do the bend and snap a lot.

00:11More than you would think.

00:12Walk the line.

00:13Baby, baby, baby, baby.

00:16And then I slam the door in his face.

00:18It's one of my favorite lines ever.

00:23Okay.

00:24What was your standout memory from facing off against Meryl Streep in Big Little Lies?

00:29Okay.

00:30Well, first of all, when you do a scene with Meryl Streep, half the time you're just saying

00:34in your head, like, oh my God, I can't believe that's Meryl Streep.

00:36I'm talking to Meryl Streep.

00:37My mouth is moving and words are coming out and they're being said to Meryl Streep.

00:42After I kind of let that sink in, then I could play the character.

00:46But I want to say maybe half of my work isn't usable because I was so starstruck.

00:54Okay.

00:55Which of Alex or Bradley's on-camera meltdowns was your favorite?

00:59There's so many great meltdowns.

01:01Probably episode four when Bradley says on-air something deeply personal that happened to

01:08her when she was 15 years old.

01:09It was so hard to figure out how to play it, but it was so genuine, the shock that Bradley

01:16has.

01:17Because I've been on air and said really dumb things, like on talk shows or Good Morning

01:22America.

01:23And I wanted to fall over and take a nap afterwards.

01:27And I usually did.

01:30Do do do do do.

01:33Okay.

01:34What would you like to post on Jennifer Aniston's Instagram?

01:38Oh my goodness.

01:41Maybe just cute pictures of her and I from the set.

01:43Or like when we joke around and she's just really funny.

01:48Fashion.

01:49I love her style.

01:51She also, ugh.

01:52She's a really pretty house.

01:54So maybe you get to see parts of her house and how she designed it.

01:58That would be really cool.

02:00What is something everyone can do for the environment?

02:03This is an excellent question.

02:05I think because we all need to help the environment.

02:08Um, my kids tell me not to use a lot of plastic.

02:11So I just stopped buying plastic bottles.

02:14Oh, another thing that's really good is now you can get a lot of dish soap and stuff.

02:19And you just use a reusable container.

02:21And they have these little capsules.

02:23And I don't know what the company's called.

02:25But, um, they're really great.

02:29What's the first thing that Hollywood should do to create opportunities for women?

02:33How much tape do you have?

02:35How many digital cards do you have?

02:37A good place to begin is really mentoring young women.

02:41All kinds of young women from different backgrounds.

02:44And I think it's really important that people who do not see an open door,

02:48that you really take them with you to different events.

02:51I think that would be an incredible thing if we started bringing Plus Ones to big events.

02:56Um, so that people get the networking experience.

02:58I also think it would be really great if we had more female screenwriters

03:02from all kinds of different backgrounds.

03:04Different parts of the country.

03:05Different parts of the world.

03:06Different socioeconomic, um, environments.

03:08And I think that would really expand storytelling.

03:12And we'd see a bigger spectrum of female behavior on film.

03:19I'm gonna end it there.

03:20Because I don't know how to stop when people get me started on this topic.

03:23Okay.

03:24Female leadership.

03:26Women in executive positions.

03:28Women on the boards of your companies.

03:30Okay.

03:31Moving on.

03:32Fill in the blank.

03:33Legally Blonde 3 will be so much fun.

03:39So full of fashion.

03:41So full of awesome feminist ideas.

03:44It will be global.

03:46It will have animals.

03:47It will have returning cast members.

03:50We just need to, um, film it first.

03:55But that's my hope and dream for Legally Blonde 3.

03:58It will be the return of Jennifer Coolidge.

04:01Which is the greatest.

04:04Alright, well thank you everybody.

04:06This is Fishing for Answers with Reese.

04:08I hope you guys enjoyed it.

04:10Look at me, litter bug.

04:12Look at me cleaning it all up.

04:14Fuck it.

04:15I'm out.

04:16Like.

04:17Really Hurry It won't.

04:18And

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