Reese Witherspoon feels "a lot sexier" than she ever has.

The 35-year-old actress - who married Hollywood agent Jim Toth last year - doesn't think she looks "so bad" these days and has learned to respect herself more as she has gotten older.

"I feel much better about myself, actually. When you get older you start to have respect for yourself and value certain things and choices you've made in your life that have given you strength. I'm much more comfortable with who I am and I'm even thinking that I don't look so bad. I feel a lot sexier these days than I ever have."

Despite feeling good about herself, Reese - who has children Ava, 12, and eight-year-old Deacon from her marriage to Ryan Phillippe - finds dating "nerve-wracking," but she is unsure why: "I find dating nerve-wracking, and, really, I don't know why. I pretty much went from being married and then I was married again, so I didn't really date much."