Reese Witherspoon for InStyle November 2009

Reese Witherspoon covers InStyle magazine’s November 2009 issue.

The actress looks fantastic as ever and can be seen smiling away, adorable as she wants to be, for the issue. The new InStyle goes on sale this Friday, Oct. 23. More from the star in her interview can be found under the cut.

• Reese Witherspoon to InStyle on her divorce from Ryan Phillippe: You have to keep it together for your kids and for yourself too. I’m trying to learn from the things that have happened in my life, live more in the moment, and have more fun.
• Reese Witherspoon to InStyle on being confident: As you get older, you know what you like and what you don’t like, and you’re not apologetic about it…  I used to judge myself so harshly. I think women in their 20s do. You’re hard on your body, you’re hard on yourself. But you start to realize that none of it is really all that important.
• Reese Witherspoon to InStyle on working out: I try to exercise every day. I like to run for about an hour, and I’m big into working out with girlfriends. It’s an acquired skill, being able to discuss your love life, children and friends, all while you’re running! But we have mastered it.
• Reese Witherspoon to InStyle on her girlfriends: There are three of us who wear pretty much the same size, so we’ll get together on a Friday night and I’ll bring clothes I want to trade and they’ll bring theirs. We swap shoes and purses a lot. I wore my girlfriend’s dress to a wedding recently. It’s fun.
• Reese Witherspoon to InStyle on raising her kids, Ava and Deacon, far from home: Sometimes it’s really difficult for me, being far away from home. L.A. is where my job is and I have to be close, but I never imagined that my children wouldn’t grow up next door to my brother’s children. Or my mom and dad wouldn’t constantly be around.

Image credit and thanks for the cover to InStyle. Quotes via CNN.