Actress Reese Witherspoon says she moved to Los Angeles to escape the "very conservative" society she grew up in. The actress was raised in Tennessee. In an interview with OK! Magazine, she revealed that she always "challenged" the belief systems that surrounded her, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"When I would go back home I was always the person who comes from Los Angeles with all the crazy ideas. I grew up in a very conservative family and a very conservative society, so I have always challenged the ideas and the belief systems that I grew up with. That's probably why I moved so far away -- to meet people who have similar ideas to my own," she said.