110+ Jennifer Lawrence Quotes (Talented, Charismatic And Versatile)
Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress. She rose to fame after starring in the Hunger Games film series, and has since gone on to star in many critically acclaimed films such as Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and Joy. She has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards.
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Top 10 Jennifer Lawrence Quotes
- If I don't have anything to do all day, I might not even put my pants on.
- "You look how you look," "Be comfortable. What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."
- I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike!
- I'm not ready to own a place yet. I have the money, but I don't have the maturity.
- 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.
- I hate people who say, "Oh, I'm addicted to working out". I just want to punch those people in the face.
- I’m a big believer in accepting yourself the way you are and not really worrying about it.
- I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked and followed.
- I want a pizza with my face on it.
- 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.
Jennifer Lawrence Short Quotes
- I have the street smarts and survival skills of, like, a poodle.
- I never leave my house. Then I don't have to put a bra on, and I don't have to change my pants.
- You look how you look
- Being inappropriate comes easy to me.
- Without my family, I would be nothing.
- The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it.
- It's better to look strong and healthy.
- I went through a wood-chopping phase when I was nine or 10.
- We hould totally make out right now
- I have an old soul. I don't know any real-life lingo, so I have to take it from movies.
Jennifer Lawrence Famous Quotes And Sayings
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?' — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
If I were just your average 23-year-old girl, and I called the police to say that there were strange men sleeping on my lawn and following me to Starbucks, they would leap into action. But because I am a famous person, well, sorry, ma'am, there's nothing we can do. It makes no sense. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody's like "How can you remain with a level head?". And I'm like "Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I'm making movies. It's stupid." — Jennifer Lawrence
Seeing what is wrong and how it could be made right propels us into action, but in that action we often leave other people behind and don't give ourselves enough time to be present, or to stop and reflect. Leaders have to get comfortable with pausing in that uncomfortable gap. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I just went to the doctor today, I got a chest X-ray of my lungs and discovered that my breasts are uneven. — Jennifer Lawrence
It's just so bizarre how in this world if you have asthma, you take asthma medication. If you have diabetes, you take diabetes medication. But as soon as you have to take medicine for your mind, it's such a stigma behind it. — Jennifer Lawrence
I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and I'll forget I'm chewing it. Then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so I've asked to throw it away. I've started to wonder if that's why I didn't get certain movies. — Jennifer Lawrence
I think that people are built the way that they’re built. There’s that Kate Moss quote that’s like ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ and I can name a lot of things that taste better than skinny feels: bread, potatoes … a Philly cheesesteak and fries. — Jennifer Lawrence
This is hilarious. First, people say how so many actresses in Hollywood look anorexic, and now they are criticizing me for looking normal. Body images are too often adopted by young girls and women - thanks to what they are constantly being shown as being attractive. — Jennifer Lawrence
People call me fat, but I don't care. I don't want to starve myself cause I am beautiful the way I am. — Jennifer Lawrence
As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work. — Jennifer Lawrence
When I'm not working, I am the laziest person. I can literally lie on a couch and watch television for 15 hours. — Jennifer Lawrence
I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.' That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong-not thin and underfed. — Jennifer Lawrence
You do become more aware of your mortality as you get older. When you're little, you jump on any wild horse. Then you get a little bit older and realize how fragile life is, and you're more careful. — Jennifer Lawrence
It's so scary. And then I end up getting so nervous that I get like [I am] now. I get really hyper. [Squeals.] So then I go in interviews and I'm like, 'I'm like a chihuahua! I'm shaking and peeing!' And then afterwards, I'm like, 'I just talked about peeing on the red carpet.' — Jennifer Lawrence
Knowledge is honestly everything. It's not just books and staying behind a desk and having a diploma. There's also traveling and knowledge about people, and what I do and scripts and books. — Jennifer Lawrence
I always feel like an idiot every time I fly first class because I’m a kid. And I just sit there, and everyone’s got their newspapers and they’re on the computer, and I’m like, 'Can I get a coloring book, please? Can I get some crayons?' — Jennifer Lawrence
In Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress. I eat like a caveman. I'll be the only actress that doesn't have anorexia rumors! 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!" — Jennifer Lawrence
I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie. — Jennifer Lawrence
When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.' — Jennifer Lawrence
I like the financial security because I know how hard it is for so many people who struggle to earn a living. I'm grateful I don't have to worry about money and I can live very freely and do something I love and get paid very well to do it. I tell my friends to slap me if they ever think I'm getting full of myself. — Jennifer Lawrence
I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals...I would call me more of a monkey. — Jennifer Lawrence
They kept saying 'It's sushi-grade!' And I'm like... 'Put some soy sauce on this. Get me some rice. And cook it. And then get me out of here. — Jennifer Lawrence
I wasn't pretty enough to play the popular girl, I wasn't mousy enough to be the mousy girl, so I never fit in. And so I'd get close, but I never got anywhere, and it was really painful. — Jennifer Lawrence
As soon as somebody farts around me, I think it's hilarious. This is something my brothers did that now the boys at work are obsessed with. You cup it, and then you throw it in someone's face and say, ‘Take a bite out of that cheeseburger!' — Jennifer Lawrence
Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy... — Jennifer Lawrence
I grew up in Kentucky, but I did not grow up like that. I had heat, and I didn't have to shoot my dinner or anything. — Jennifer Lawrence
I memorize my lines and I show up. I think it's just instinctual, and sometimes it's wrong and the director says, "No, do it this way." And then I can change, because I didn't spend all night practicing it this one way. All I do to get ready for the day is the night before, I read my lines once or twice, memorize them, and then I show up. — Jennifer Lawrence
You can have children and love them with all your heart and soul, and love your family, and it's still OK to have a fire in you. That doesn't have anything to do with your family. — Jennifer Lawrence
Don't go see the movies, I'm a troll. I think the movie was great, but their biggest mistake was me. — Jennifer Lawrence
I can't even describe to anybody what it feels like to have my naked body shot across the world like a news flash against my will. It just makes me feel like a piece of meat that's being passed around for profit. — Jennifer Lawrence
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? — Jennifer Lawrence
And when I'm on set, I'm just thinking about the script and of working. I think I've stayed focused on the work so much that I haven't really noticed my life start to change except for I've gotten busier. — Jennifer Lawrence
Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure. — Jennifer Lawrence
At the end of the day, there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV. — Jennifer Lawrence
Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life. — Jennifer Lawrence
We [need to] stop treating each other like that, stop calling each other fat and stop with these unrealistic expectations for women. It’s disappointing that the media keeps it alive and fuels that fire. — Jennifer Lawrence
I'm excited to be seen as sexy. But not slutty. — Jennifer Lawrence
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!' — Jennifer Lawrence
I've got five or six amazing friends that I trust and love, I know exactly who I am and don't care about anything else. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I guess my main worry is that people will start hating what I hate about myself. I worry that everyone will think I am really annoying and just want me to shut up. Which would make so much sense because I annoy myself... I guess I want people to know that if they are annoyed with me, I get it, it's totally cool. Please forgive me. — Jennifer Lawrence
I really love acting. I really do. I really just think of myself like a working woman. And I just go from set to set and work. You have to promote a movie; you have to work. People are going to have opinions and it's weirdly very easy to kind of block out the world because you have your own. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I am the biggest "but why?" question asker. — Jennifer Lawrence
I find a certain peace by thinking of me in public as sort of an avatar self. You out there can have the avatar me. — Jennifer Lawrence
I'm dead sober. This is just me. — Jennifer Lawrence
I tried to avoid making plays or films that weren't telling a story that I felt was important. And what I discovered in the process is, it makes you more empathic because you have to enter someone else's reality and you learn to see through many other people's eyes. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
My breasts have a life of their own. — Jennifer Lawrence
Everybody has this idea: You have children, and your entire life is complete. That's how I imagine it. I imagine I'll have children and then my whole life will just seem complete. — Jennifer Lawrence
Everyone's brain works in a different way. I didn't feel smart in school; I just didn't get it. I thought I was an idiot. Until I got out. — Jennifer Lawrence
Across all fields, women are generally paid 21 percent less than men. — Jennifer Lawrence
I love Photoshop more than anything in the world! — Jennifer Lawrence
If anyone wants to know the weirdest thing, it's getting your hair cut and seeing it on the news. Terrorists probably knew about my haircut. — Jennifer Lawrence
Be strong. Don't be a follower. Always do the right thing. — Jennifer Lawrence
It's hard to do, but I think it's really important to go back and watch yourself. — Jennifer Lawrence
It's something I always tell myself: 'You need to calm the f--k down. You don't want to constantly be a GIF. — Jennifer Lawrence
I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. . . . I think when it comes to the media, the media needs to take responsibility for the effect that it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows and picking up how to talk and how to be cool, so then all of a sudden being funny is making fun of the girl who's wearing an ugly dress. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I want to play a character I've never been before-a crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in Monster. I'd love to have to shave my head. — Jennifer Lawrence
Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
Sometimes if a script is based on a book, that's what you should do: represent the book. — Jennifer Lawrence
Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
I eat like a caveman. — Jennifer Lawrence
You don't go your whole life without laughing. It's just life. — Jennifer Lawrence
Not completely, but neither of us gets mad when the other doesn't text back or call. Life's super-busy. Obviously you know what they're doing, and you trust them. We're so young that it would almost be like if we lived in the same city, what would happen? We'd be living together. At least this way he's in the same boat as I am: We can go out and have our own lives and know that we have each other. — Jennifer Lawrence
Like backstage, I just peed like every 3 seconds. I think yur staff thinks I have diarrhea. — Jennifer Lawrence
Well, at least I had on underwear — Jennifer Lawrence
I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view it as something that I would want to do. — Jennifer Lawrence
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 — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
What does it say, 'I beat Meryl.' — Jennifer Lawrence
I've always loved food too much to be a model. — Jennifer Lawrence
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. — Jennifer Lawrence
Eating is one of my favorite parts of the day — Jennifer Lawrence
Life Lessons by Jennifer Lawrence
- Jennifer Lawrence has shown that hard work and dedication to your craft can lead to success, no matter where you come from.
- She has also demonstrated that it is important to be true to yourself and to stand up for what you believe in.
- Lastly, she has shown that it is possible to be successful while still being kind and generous to those around you.
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