Reese Witherspoon Quotes

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.

I always wanted to do a role that inspired girls.

I just hope that people, women specifically, embrace that side of themselves that maybe is a little nuts or that society tells us is crazy.

I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement.

I'm really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.

I like playing smart women very, very much because I definitely learn from them.

I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!

You can, of course, be a sexy, strong female and be a good role model.

My generation fought very hard for feminism, and we fought very hard to not be labeled as you had to have a husband or you had to be in a relationship, or you were somehow not a cool chick.

I feel like I'm a very good role model for women.

The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It's not forbidden anymore.

I think I'm a different kind of role model for young girls.

My home life now is mostly women. They are better than us. They make me better.

I can remember back to when I was 12, 13, and any show that I watched, I wanted to be the main character and embody them, and I think the fact that Sabrina is, in so many ways, such a positive role model for young girls is really cool.

Working with Sofia Vergara and growing up with her was great because she was, you know, a really amazing, curvy role model for me. She helped me learn to accept the way I looked and love it and dress for it and feel good about myself.

For me, it's important to be the representation that I wanted when I was a young girl.

It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.

My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.

With young kids watching and hearing the news, we have to be on our best behaviour. I think it's really important that we inspire the younger generation to take up the game. It could turn them away. That's not what we want.

Girls can be funny and play sports and show how to do the perfect soccer kick if they want.

Even when I go out to the ring, yes, I am the big, bad heater monster, but I'm out there showing young girls that I can still be athletic just because I'm a big, bad heater. I can still go out there and cut promos like the other pretty girls and wear my hair down and put makeup on and do everything that they say that you can't.

I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see myself that way.

I've seen the effect some of my shows have had, and so I like characters that can be role models for young girls, roles that can help to change people's perspective.

As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl - from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we're told that well-behaved girls won't change the world or ever make a splash.