Reese Witherspoon says she was deterred from pursuing one particular type of role toward the beginning of her career, despite having firsthand experience in the subject matter.

Witherspoon spoke to The New York Times in a recent interview, reflecting on the period of her career after she became a mother when she was 23.

The actor welcomed two children with her then-husband, Ryan Phillippe: daughter Ava in 1999 and son Deacon in 2003.

When asked if it was difficult to navigate motherhood while her peers were not in the same stage of life, Witherspoon shared the “ironic” advice she was given about her career.

“I was always being told by people in the industry: ‘Don’t play a mom. It’ll make you seem old,’” she said. “And I was like, ‘But, I am a mom.’ There was so much about our busin

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