Jennifer Lawrence quotes

Born
August 15, 1990, Indian Hills, Kentucky, U.S.

Occupation
Actress.

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!
– 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

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 went through a wood-chopping phase when I was nine or 10.
– Jennifer Lawrence

Anytime you’re away from your home filming, it messes with your head.
– Jennifer Lawrence

Teenagers only have to focus on themselves – its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist.
– Jennifer Lawrence

I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We’re way past autographs. We’re into being stalked and followed.
– Jennifer Lawrence

I picked up an issue of Cosmopolitan the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, ‘I need to get better at interviews.’ The article was basically about how to get someone not to hate you in 20 minutes. Every single thing they told you not to do, I was like, ‘I do that every day.’
– Jennifer Lawrence

Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally.
– 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

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

I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I’m okay with blood and guts.
– Jennifer Lawrence

Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I’ve never considered failure.
– Jennifer Lawrence

For ‘X-Men’ I was lifting a lot of weights. I actually lost a lot of mass when I quit ‘X-Men’ because I was working out so much and very muscular and strong.
– 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

The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it.
– Jennifer Lawrence

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.
– 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

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