Subscribe
The Daily Grind Video
CLOSE

Reese Witherspoon bares her soul and looks drop dead gorgeous on the cover of ELLE magazine’s February 2012 issue. 

The normally private Reese, who wears an LBD on the cover of the magazine, dishes on her dislike of tabloids, earning $15-20 million per movie and meeting her husband. 

STORY: Reese Witherspoon is Back in Action!

Reese’s latest project, This Means War, starring Tom Hardy and Chris Pine, will be released next month.

Here are some highlights from her interview:

On earning a reported $15 to $20 million per film:

“Every time they call and talk to me about money, I get embarrassed about it. A couple of women finally made me feel better: ‘To get what you’re making, do you know how much money people are making off of you?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, oh, okay.’”

On meeting Jim (her husband) for the first time:

“It happened out of the blue. This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] ‘You don’t know me.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I know. I don’t know you!’ Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone.’ Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That’s just kind of who he is, a really good person.”

On living a less-than-perfect life:

“I want to not perpetuate any more of this kind of garbage that’s out there in the media about women falling in love blindly. No one’s life is perfect, and I’m sick of whatever tabloid stuff or this or that story tries to portray. My life is just as realistic as everybody else’s. Whoever thinks someone has a perfect life, I’m so eager to dispel that.”

Check out the gallery for more!

SOURCE: ELLE