Reese Witherspoon is a Fierce Feminist

Brut America

Reese Witherspoon may be America's sweetheart, but there's nothing sweet about how fiercely she's fighting for women in Hollywood.

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00:00You're fighting to be the girlfriend in a dumb comedy?

00:04Yeah.

00:05For what?

00:06Yeah.

00:14If we see the same stories coming out of the same 20 people who are all men,

00:19it's, you just don't, society doesn't change, we don't have different conversations,

00:23and it's important to move forward.

00:30We are determined to create complex, dynamic, human characters

00:35that our mothers and daughters and sisters can all enjoy.

00:39Studio heads thought I was crazy.

00:43Like, too ambitious.

00:48Because I'm not afraid of a challenge.

00:50So I thought, well then I'll just start a company, self-funded,

00:53and start developing roles for women.

00:55We are determined to create complex, dynamic, human characters

00:58that our mothers and daughters and sisters can all relate to.

01:16It came out of frustration and just reading a lot of really bad scripts.

01:22I have to create more and do better for other women,

01:25and create opportunities for other women.

01:27Everybody deserves a chance to tell their story.

01:29I'm really excited that you guys are learning, you're just starting,

01:32but I hope this is giving you building blocks

01:35that are going to carry you through a lifetime.

01:37Thank you for being here.

01:38You guys excited to meet the future filmmakers of America?

01:42Because here they are!

01:44One, two, three.

01:47We are more united as an industry than we have ever been.

01:50Men and women determined to change our own industry,

01:54but also shine a light on other industries,

01:57because we get a lot of attention.

01:59There are a lot of people in other industries

02:01who don't get this opportunity to speak up.

02:08I'm so excited to be here.

02:10I'm so excited to be here.

02:12I'm so excited to be here.

02:14I'm so excited to be here.

02:19I'm so grateful to a company like Disney

02:21that really gets behind a filmmaker like Ava

02:23to put a little girl in the center of her own story.

02:26So I think this movie will really please a lot of the audience out there

02:30that's looking for better representation.

02:44I've always said, like,

02:46why do they ask us about our dresses when we work so hard?

02:55Ambition is not a dirty word.

02:58It's just believing in yourself.

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