Reese Witherspoon reveals political aspirations

Actress Reese Witherspoon does not rule out the possibility of her carving a career in politics. The 44-year-old actress opened up about entering politics on an episode of the "SmartLess podcast", reports people.com.

When co-host Jason Bateman told the Oscar winner: "I think you`d get a lot of the vote", Witherspoon joked: "Yeah, I mean our standards have become very low in this country."

Soon, co-hosts Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes told Witherspoon that she could become a senator, to which the actress said that a role in government is not entirely off the table.

"I wouldn`t say never, because I don`t know where I`m going to be when I`m, you know, 65," Witherspoon responded.

"I think we need better representation and balance. Women are 50 percent of the population, but we`re not 50 percent of the representation in government, which is bizarre, particularly when they`re adjudicating over our bodies," she explained.

"And the lack of representation of people of colour, who make up a large, almost majority of this country. What about balance, you know? Just yin and yang. Male, female balance," Witherspoon added.

The actress went on to say that "women have a different relationship to power", and cited her production company Hello Sunshine, which employs women in the majority, as an example.

"It`s interesting how no one needs to be the number one. We sort of pass the baton almost. It`s always kind of deferring power or sharing responsibility. So it`s almost this power balance and that there`s no one person sort of dictating or mandating exactly what`s going to happen. It`s collective ideas. And it works really well," she said.

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