Witherspon yagize ati: "Nkeneye umuntu rwose ufite ubwenge. Dukurikije umukinnyi wa filime, ni icyubahiro gikomeye - kuba umugore muri Amerika, kuko ufite uburenganzira n'ubwisanzure kuruta abagore benshi ku isi. Ibi bivuze ko muri filime ushobora kwerekana el Woods muri "Igikorwa". Ati: "Nbona ko ubu akanya gato cyane kuri ibi ari, kubera ko ubu turimo guteza imbere abagore muri politiki kandi ni ngombwa kwerekana. Njye mbona, kugira ngo bakore ishyamba, nk'urugero, umucamanza w'Urukiko rw'Ikirenga yaba akonje. "
Mugenzi we muri Luka Wilson, wakinnye umukundwa w'imico nyamukuru, yashyigikiye byimazeyo igitekerezo cya Witherspon. Kuri imwe muri televiziyo, umukinnyi yavuze ko umushinga uzi kwishima kandi abakinnyi benshi kuva mu gice cya kabiri byakora kimwe.
Reese Witherspoon bwa mbere yagaragaye kuri ecran mumashusho ya stereotypical yishyamba rya blonde el yishyamba mu 2001, kandi mu 2003 yasubiye kuri iyi shusho. Filime ya mbere yerekeye ubwiza bwubwenge kurota umwuga wumwuga yari ashishikajwe na rubanda, uwa kabiri aratuje. Mugihe cyo kuzunguruka, ishusho ya mbere yakusanyije 141, miliyoni 7 z'amadolari, miliyoni ya kabiri ya kabiri.