Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

#1. The changes that happened in my life from doing these movies are so permanent that I don't think I'll ever really say goodbye, it'll always be a part of me, the Hunger Games. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#2. Why would people have confidence in a female director when there are so few? - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#3. I was going to come in and push you down the stairs ... - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#4. Nothing's sacred anymore. Those girls and I got so close. They were painting me naked every day for months. It was kind of like going to a really bizarre sleepover. It's what you guys imagine we do: One naked girl and seven pairs of hands all over her. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#5. I'm still getting used to everything. It still makes me a little emotional, just to see how quickly everything kind of changes - that it changes so fast. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#6. I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#7. I don't like going out that much. When I'm out, I think about my couch. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#8. My agent called me at 5:30am, and I thought the set of my movie had burned down, or Josh [Hutcherson] had died, or something ... I didn't realize! I was so tired! - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#9. Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#10. I don't really diet or anything. I'm miserable when I'm dieting and I like the way I look. I'm really sick of all these actresses looking like birds I'd rather look a little chubby on camera and look like a person in real life, than look great on screen and look like a scarecrow in real life. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#11. I am the biggest "but why?" question asker. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#12. The tabloid that said that I dressed up as a medieval, like a sexy medieval something and that upset me more than the dating rumors that have been circling around that were fake. If somebody thinks I'm going to dress sexy to a costume party, they have another thing coming. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#13. Acting, films, scripts, is literally the only thing I'm 100 percent confident in. I know what I'm doing. I just understand it, and I love it. When I'm on set, that's when I feel the most at home and in control. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#14. I'm a big believer in accepting yourself the way you are and not really worrying about it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#15. I do have some kind of gravitational pull towards young characters with more responsibility than they should have. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#16. More women have to be in charge of studios, so that they can greenlight films with women. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#17. We hould totally make out right now - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#18. When I get asked, 'what are the differences between Twilight and THG' I'm like, 'Erm, what are the similarities?' - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#19. Where are the Robert Redfords and Paul Newmans of my age group? I love James Franco, but where's the next James Franco? Where are the hunks who can act? - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#20. He trusts her.
She nodded and
seemed happy to be
trusted at last.

- Not First Love - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#21. I want to sit on my couch and drink and not change my pants for days at a time, - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#22. I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#23. Yeah, I screamed in [Daniel Radcliffe's] face. We were both doing Letterman. I grabbed him by the shoulder. Of course, I'm in 6-inch heels. That makes me 6-foot-4. I'm towering over him, saying, 'I love Harry Potter!' His security people were nodding to each other - should we go? - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#24. I need to just find my own peace. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#25. A powerful woman is someone who exudes confidence and can be tough but fair and kind. And also knows how to get what she wants. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#26. In Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress. I eat like a caveman. I'll be the only actress who doesn't have anorexia rumours! I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I'm invincible. I don't want little girls to be like, "Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner." - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#27. Don't worry about the bitches. That could be a good motto, because you come across people like that throughout your life. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#28. I promise you, anybody given the choice of that kind of money or having to make a phone call to tell your dad that something like that has happened, it's not worth it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#29. I remember during Oscar season, the thing I hated most was being talked to differently; people treat you differently. And then I suddenly understood why celebrities can be so weird; it's hard to act normal when no-one treats you normally. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#30. I love Photoshop more than anything in the world! - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#31. There are certain times when a certain person says something to me, that will stick with me for a really long time. But I don't remember one person being my idol, or anything like that. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#32. Whenever I really want a part, I'm not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#33. I went through a wood-chopping phase when I was nine or 10. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#34. I always felt like I sucked at everything, that I could never find the thing that I liked. I auditioned and I probably sucked, but I had decided 100 percent that this is what I wanted to do. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#35. Sometimes I feel like a vampire - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#36. Once I'm obsessed with somebody, I'm terrified of them instantly. I'm not scared of them - I'm scared of me and how I will react, - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#37. I was a weirdo. I wasn't picked on or anything. And I wasn't smarter than the other kids; that's not why I didn't fit in. I've always had this weird anxiety. I hated recess. I didn't like field trips. Parties really stressed me out. And I had a very different sense of humour. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#38. I'm always just very nervous. I never feel like, 'I've got this'. I'm always very nervous and aware of how quickly people can hate you and that scares me. I never feel like I'm on top of it or I know what I'm doing ... so, no. I never get a big head, I just get more and more anxious. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#39. Be strong. Don't be a follower. Always do the right thing. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#40. I take from people all the time. I didn't ever go to acting classes or anything. You can just watch people. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#41. I started to write an apology, but I don't have anything to say I'm sorry for, - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#42. The softest emotions of the heart are the hardest to control.
- Not First Love - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#43. I'd like to think that I have a plan, but you can't really pick what scripts you're going to get or what movie is going to come along. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#44. The hardest thing about being Jennifer Lawrence is not being 'Jennifer Lawrence'. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#45. I really act for myself. I really love it. I don't think there's a way that you could handle these schedules, all of the actual work that goes into it, if you don't really, really love it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#46. I can name a LOT of things that taste better than skinny feels ... Potatoes! Bread! - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#47. I just love film making; all aspects of it. I love the idea of writing but I just don't feel like I could really do it. I didn't even graduate from school. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#48. How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I wanted to write this one director a letter, so I wrote him a handwritten note. But then I was like, 'How many people are writing this guy handwritten letters? Is it going to seem cheesy? What do I do?' - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#49. I'm from Kentucky. I used to be very personable and make eye contact and smile at people, and now all I do is look down. When I'm at dinner and one person after another keeps interrupting to take pictures, it's like, 'I can't live like this'. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#50. I have the street smarts and survival skills of, like, a poodle. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#51. I'm excited to be seen as sexy. But not slutty. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#52. It's my body, and it should be my choice, and the fact that it is not my choice is absolutely disgusting. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#53. What does it say, 'I beat Meryl,' - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#54. I'm always terrified before every movie because I haven't found her [the character], and I don't get it. [Without acting, I'd have] become a nurse. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#55. You have a choice. You don't have to be a person who spreads negativity and lies for a living. You can do something good. You can be good. Let's just make that choice and - it feels better. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#56. Across all fields, women are generally paid 21 percent less than men. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#57. This isn't like an auction, right? You guys aren't going to take it away? - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#58. I run into grounded people all the time. Given, most of them are behind the camera. But I definitely by no means think I'm the only one. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#59. My iCloud keeps telling me to back it up, and I'm like, I don't know how to back you up. Do it yourself. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#60. I'd like to direct at some point. But I don't know because 10 years ago I would have never imagined that I'd be here. So in 10 years from now, I might be running a rodeo. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#61. I know certain roles are important to me. I know that I really want to play them. I know I can do a good job. But I can never put into words why - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#62. I dress like an old woman in my real life. If you're having conversations with people, you don't want them to remember you as the girl with the tits, You want them to pay attention to what you're saying - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#63. In a short amount of time, I've lived so much, had so many experiences and met so many different types of people and even lived in so many countries. If I had been in school, I'd be learning about the world from books. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#64. I just don't like that you can either be ugly and smart or pretty and dumb, or ugly and nice or pretty and mean. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#65. My breasts have a life of their own. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#66. It's hard to do, but I think it's really important to go back and watch yourself. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#67. What's so sad is when we're younger, if you have a bad parent, that is normal to you and that's what you think of as healthy. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#68. It's so easy to think that this [celebrity] is reality; that people are lining up outside just to write down what I have to say. That's not real; that's weird. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#69. There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#70. Like backstage, I just peed like every 3 seconds. I think yur staff thinks I have diarrhea. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#71. I'm an actress, don't age me. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#72. Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#73. I'm doing what I love, and then I get months and months of rest. I have a lot of money for a 21-year old. I can't stand it when actors complain. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#74. Among the countless people in the world, two will find each other against all the odds and beat as a single eternal heart.
- Not First Love - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#75. I'm very, very thirsty for knowledge. Just because I'm good at something and have found success doesn't mean I'm done. I'm not even close to being done. I don't know if I ever will be done learning. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#76. There's always male roles I want to play. I'm so annoyed when I watch movies and go, "That could have been played by a woman." - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#77. It's something I always tell myself: 'You need to calm the f
k down. You don't want to constantly be a GIF. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#78. Without my family I would be nothing. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#79. When I dance, I look like I'm a dad at a prom. I never grasped my limbs. Ever since puberty I've just kind of felt like we don't understand each other. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#80. I had to have running training because I'm not a very good runner. I run weird. The hardest stunt is probably basic running. And trying not to hit myself in the face with my bow, are my two greatest challenges. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#81. I'm dead sober. This is just me. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#82. The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#83. My husband is a very present husband, and that has made going to work feel easier. I don't feel guilty. I definitely feel less guilt because I know he's there during breakfast, lunch and supper if I'm not. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#84. My career is one thing in my life that I don't plan. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#85. If you don't look like an airbrushed model ... you have to look past it. You look how you look. What are you going to do? - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#86. Anybody that makes fun of me, I'm like, 'Yeah, and then I got touched by Hugh Jackman' - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#87. There are directors that I want to work with and that I admire. You can love a script, but if it doesn't have a good director, it won't be that. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#88. Everything that we think comes across in our eyes. Our eyes really are the windows to our souls, and that's why at least I can tell when somebody doesn't mean what they're saying - if you just look at them in the eye. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#89. I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#90. It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#91. I just went to the doctor today, I got a chest X-ray of my lungs and discovered that my breasts are uneven. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#92. I want a pizza with my face on it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#93. My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#94. I'd rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#95. I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#96. I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#97. I don't know if this is why everything has worked so well and I'm not sure I'd recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I've always known I'd be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#98. I can't hear myself. I can stare at my double chin all I want, but hearing this androgynous voice, you can't even tell what sex I am. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#99. You can't ever let yourself be thrown by a camera. That's never good for an actor. When you're reading the script, you want to work with someone you trust so there's nothing to worry about. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence

#100. Be strong. Don't be a follower, and always do the right thing. If you have a choice between the right thing and the wrong thing, the right way is always the less stressful. - Author: Jennifer Lawrence