Reese Witherspoon Opens Up About Being a Positive Influence on Daughter Ava

On why she stopped doing romantic comedies: "I certainly can't star in all these movies. I want to get a female perspective on film that would make my daughter [Ava] understand what it means to be a woman in a different way."

On how she doesn't worry about the future anymore: "I was 25 when Legally Blonde came out, 26 for Sweet Home Alabama, and 29 for Walk the Line. And I was scared, really scared. Now I feel like a different person. It's a great thing getting older. You are who you are; you say what you mean."

On what inspired her to start a home and clothing line: "I saw an empty space. All these women in the South, they read fashion magazines, but nobody was telling the stories about their upbringing — their mothers, their grandmothers — who love getting dressed up. It's a feminine culture."

On how her brand is home: "It's about where I'm from, an opportunity for me to move back to the South, get my roots here."