Travicity
01-25-2011, 04:07 PM
REESE Witherspoon thinks having kids stopped her from being self-obsessed.
The 34-year-old actress — who has two children, 11-year-old daughter Ava and seven-year-old son Deacon, with her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe — believes being a young mother changed her perspective and made her less focused on her career.
“My children are the best part of my day,” she said. “I used to be very competitive and aggressive but when I had my first child at 22, it put my whole life in perspective and helped me get out of my very narrow-minded focus on my career. Having kids stops the endless cycle of self-obsession.”
The Water for Elephants actress recently got engaged to Hollywood agent Jim Toth – whom she met just months after ending her two-year relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal in late 2009 — and feels “lucky” to have got another chance at love.
“I am lucky I’ve had a few shots getting second chances. That’s nice. I thought I knew everything about love and relationships in my 20s — the ignorance of youth is bliss,” she said.
“As you get older, you start to realise that you don’t really know anything and life is a great traveling journey. Life is unexpected – you just never know what’s going to happen. I would love to have more kids.”
The Oscar-winning actress also admitted she would rather people praised her sense of humor rather than her looks.
“I always say funny doesn’t sag, which seems like a good rule of thumb,” she said. “People should be more interested in your personality than how you look in a bikini. As an actress, you think about longevity, probably more than men. You hope to have a long lasting career.”
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The 34-year-old actress — who has two children, 11-year-old daughter Ava and seven-year-old son Deacon, with her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe — believes being a young mother changed her perspective and made her less focused on her career.
“My children are the best part of my day,” she said. “I used to be very competitive and aggressive but when I had my first child at 22, it put my whole life in perspective and helped me get out of my very narrow-minded focus on my career. Having kids stops the endless cycle of self-obsession.”
The Water for Elephants actress recently got engaged to Hollywood agent Jim Toth – whom she met just months after ending her two-year relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal in late 2009 — and feels “lucky” to have got another chance at love.
“I am lucky I’ve had a few shots getting second chances. That’s nice. I thought I knew everything about love and relationships in my 20s — the ignorance of youth is bliss,” she said.
“As you get older, you start to realise that you don’t really know anything and life is a great traveling journey. Life is unexpected – you just never know what’s going to happen. I would love to have more kids.”
The Oscar-winning actress also admitted she would rather people praised her sense of humor rather than her looks.
“I always say funny doesn’t sag, which seems like a good rule of thumb,” she said. “People should be more interested in your personality than how you look in a bikini. As an actress, you think about longevity, probably more than men. You hope to have a long lasting career.”
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