The 34-year-old Oscar winner insisted that it is not enough to just have a movie career.

She told Total Film: “I like to take classes, I read a lot – I have a lot of interests so your whole life isn’t just about making movies. That’s a dangerous place to be.”

Witherspoon went on to say that while she admires actresses such as Meryl Streep, she thinks spending time with her 11-year-old daughter Ava and 7-year-old son Deacon is more important than constantly focussing on her movie projects.

She explained: “As an actress, it would be lovely to think that we’re all Meryl Streep or Diane Keaton who just works endlessly but that’s not true.

“It’s important to cultivate a personal life that makes you just as happy as your professional life and I work really hard on that. I spend time with my kids and my girlfriends. It’s important to enrich yourself in lot of different ways.”

source: digitalspy.co.uk

Reese Witherspoon, 35, is in a wedding dress whirl. After her engagement to Jim Toth hit the celeb channels last December, Reese began a shopping frenzy, including a trip to Paris to visit hot designer spots such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton. An elegant wedding requires a lot of fancy, designer stuff, after all.

But, reports US magazine, yesterday (Sunday) she couldn’t resist a visit to that LA mecca, Melrose Avenue, where she checked out Monique Lhuillier’s famous boutique to the stars. That’s where Carrie Underwood’s fabulous wedding dress was recently created. Will Reese Witherspoon’s be next? There is no word, yet, on whether a selection was made, and the actual date is still up in the air.

The shopping trip took Reese away from a special, casual weekend where she and Jim celebrated their one-year-together anniversary. They took in a rock concert Saturday night and just generally hung out together. Maybe a preview of married life?

Avon’s Global Ambassador Reese Witherspoon celebrated the company’s 125th Anniversary on Tuesday in Atlanta.

Reese was joined by Avon CEO Andrea Jung for the event, which was part of the 16-city “Avon Believe World Tour” to celebrate the company’s heritage and belief in its mission to empower women. Special guests such as Fergie, Patrick Dempsey, Suze Orman, Zoe Saldana and Yasmin Le Bon are expected to make appearances at many of the world tour events.

Meawhile, People magazine has Reese on its cover this week with a story that says the star is in wedding-countdown mode, planning her big event with talent agent Jim Toth. The actress, 34, went to Paris on Jan. 20 for a girlfriend weekend that included wedding gown fittings, says the mag.

Avon World Tour – Atlanta

Reese Witherspoon runs with a friend – January, 26 2011

Reese Witherspoon leaves a friends house in Brentwood – January 26 2011

**Paris 22 Jan

**Paris 21 Jan

**Berlin Airport 18 Jan

Shops at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills – 16 Dec

Newsstand in Brentwood January 11

Sunday afternoon in Brentwood – Jan 9

Reese Witherspoon heads into a meeting in LA – Jan 6

“A good girlfriend of mine said to me there’s something you learn as you get older as a woman: stop chasing after men and start looking at the men that are chasing you,” she explains. “That’s a hard thing to recognise, but it really rings true with me.”

The mother-of-two also reveals that she’s finally got the work-life balance just right – and couldn’t be happier.

“It’s important to cultivate a personal life that makes you just as happy as your professional life and I work really hard on that. I have a lot of interests so your whole life isn’t just about making movies. That’s a dangerous place to be,” she adds.

Witherspoon ended her marriage with Phillipe in 2006, but insisted that dating as a single mother was not difficult as it showed the men who were interested in pursuing a relationship with her would be willing to embrace family life.

“In some ways, it’s really good, because if somebody’s not interested in having a family, they don’t want to go out with you in the first place. It kind of weeds out the guys who aren’t serious,” the Hollywood beauty added.

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