The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.

Rendition was released in October 2007 and marked Witherspoon's first appearance in theaters in two years since the 2005 release of Walk the Line. But that's just the foundation. When Reese Witherspoon learned that Reese Witherspoon had to perform live Witherspoon was so worried that Reese Witherspoon asked her lawyer to terminate the film contract.

Witherspoon owns a production company Pacific Standard and Reese Witherspoon is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. In 2011 Reese Witherspoon married talent agent Jim Toth. The following year Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.