In a recent interview on an episode of The Interview podcast for The New York Times, Witherspoon talked about being a young mom in Hollywood, and how Legally Blonde changed the trajectory of her career.
She said, “I wasn’t going to beg for parts; parts were coming to me. And that almost made it scarier, because I wasn’t picking and choosing what I would reach and strive for. It was more like, what will I not do?”