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The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in upstate New York. It’s a beautiful day. But the girl doesn’t feel beautiful. She’s not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type. In fact, she describes herself as dorky.

Since she was 6 years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is her idol. But this flat-chested wisp of a girl is no Dolly Parton.Nevertheless, all of this summer she’s been acting, dancing and singing―giving it her best.

Despite 3 years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about singing. They suggest she think about another career. If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glasses.

Still, she takes their words to heart. After all, why shouldn’t she believe the professionals?

But back at home in Nashville, her mother, a pediatric nurse―a funny, happy, upbeat person―wouldn’t let her mope. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school. So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University.

And at age 19, she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway. That led to a substantial role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde.

Well, she decided, “if you can’t sing and you aren’t glamorous, play to your strengths. If you’re going to make it in this business, it’s not going to be on sexy―that’s not who you are. Better focus on what you’re good at. Celebrate yourself.”

And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots―playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash. A singing role.

All of a sudden the old fears were back. She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she “kept a stick bucket” nearby and admitted she “would go backstage after a singing scene and shake.” But she didn’t give up on the movie or herself.

The humor and drive she learned at home overcame the self-doubt learned on that summer stage. She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again. She learned to play the Autoharp. And the hard work built up her confidence.

Last March, Reese walked up on another stage, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk The Line.

(From Reader’s Digest)

天气极好，在纽约北部举行的戏剧夏令营舞台上，一位来自田纳西州的少女正在表演。她的外貌并不惊艳，也不是好莱坞式的高挑性感美女，她甚至还说自己呆头呆脑。

瑞茜・威瑟斯彭从6岁开始就梦想成为一名乡村歌手。多莉・帕顿是她的偶像。但是这个平胸的小姑娘毕竟不是多莉・帕顿。尽管如此，整个夏天她都在努力地表演、跳舞和唱歌。

瑞茜读完了三年的课程，在夏令营结束之时，教练还是劝说她放弃唱歌，转而考虑其他行业。如果瑞茜有天赋的话，那定是掩藏在她瘦小、羞怯的外表下面和玻璃瓶底般的眼镜之后了。

瑞茜一直牢记着教练的话，毕竟专业人士的评价让她深信不疑。

回到纳什维尔家中，瑞茜的妈妈――一个有趣、乐观、开朗的儿科护士，不愿让女儿感到心情沮丧。作为内科医生的爸爸也鼓励女儿好好学习。瑞茜在各方面都很用功，并被斯坦福大学录取。

19岁时，瑞茜参加低成本电影《极速惊魂》的拍摄。后来又在《欢乐谷》中担纲重要角色。《律政俏佳人》让瑞茜一举成名。

瑞茜曾说过：“如果你的歌声不动听，或者你的外表不性感迷人，那就要加倍努力。如果你想在这行业做出点成就，就不要靠性感――那不适合你。你擅长什么就去做什么。为自己喝彩。”

后来瑞茜又回到家乡纳什维尔，受邀饰演了饱受病患折磨的乡村歌手约翰尼・卡什的妻子，一个歌手的角色。

在拍摄现场，曾经的恐惧感突然袭来，瑞茜显得紧张不安。有一记者写道：“瑞茜如同生了大病一般”，每段歌唱场景拍完之后，回到后台，她还在全身颤抖，但是她没有放弃努力，没有放弃自己。

在家中培养的乐观和干劲战胜了夏令营中滋生的自卑心理。瑞茜又花了6个月学习唱歌，并学会了演奏竖琴，勤奋让她重新建立了自信。

去年3月份，瑞茜登上了好莱坞柯达剧场的舞台。她凭电影《一往无前》中饰演的乡村女歌手June Carter Cash一角，用其动情、温暖的歌唱表演一举摘取了奥斯卡最佳女主角的桂冠。