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.