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Reese Witherspoon: "Failure can be of great help"

2019-09-04T18:19:24.523Z


Actress Reese Witherspoon has repeatedly suffered in her career failures. Now, the 43-year-old has explained why she can make a positive difference.



Reese Witherspoon is Emmy and Oscar winner. One might think that lack of success is not an issue for them. However, it seems important to the 43-year-old to point out that there were other phases in her life: "Sometimes it is important to remember that rejection or failure can really be of great help in our lives," wrote her on Instagram.

At the beginning of her career, she had gone to an audition for a role she wanted "more than anything." "It was an incredible movie starring a great male movie star," Witherspoon continued. After several rounds, she learned that she did not get the role because "the lead actor preferred to work with the other actress."

An announcement that obviously hit Witherspoon hard. She cried bitter tears for three days. But then she recovered - and got another job: "It was not the same and I never watched this movie, but I learned so much from this experience."

Check out this post on Instagram

Focus on success, but sometimes it's important to remember that rejection or failure can be a great help in our lives. When I first started as an actor, I went on an audition for a part that I wanted more than ANYTHING. This amazing movie with a huge male star as the lead. I had 3 callbacks, then a screen test and one day my agent said and said, "You did not get the part, the lead actor liked working with the other actress more. "Oh boy, did I cry. Ugly tears. For 3 whole days. But I recovered. And I got a different job. It was not the same and I never watched that movie (!) But I learned so much from that experience. Over the years, I got. I was always considered TOO something. Too short. Too feisty. Too energetic. I once got told I am too smart to play a young female character. I'm not gonna lie, sometimes all the rejection would hurt my feelings, I would take it personally. I definitely cried in the shower a lot in my 20's. What I did not know then what: rejection teaches you perseverance and how to get tough. And you also learn ... not every path is right for you. My friend @kerrywashington always says "Rejection is God's protection". You are on a path that is made for YOU. Sometimes the universe is protecting you from a bad job or a toxic relationship. So remember next time you fail at something or someone leaves you heartbroken .... let yourself be sad, grieve what did not happen for a minute but move ON. Better things are waiting for you. : @abeautifulmess

A post shared by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on Sep 3, 2019 at 9:57 PDT

It should not be the only setback in Witherspoon's life. Over the years she lost as many roles as she got. At times, this hurt her rejection a lot, the actress writes: "I definitely cried a lot in the shower in my twenties." But she did not know back then that rejection also teaches a lot: perseverance, getting tough, and also that, "not every way is right for you."

Source: spiegel

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