Quotes by Jennifer Lawrence

About Jennifer Lawrence:

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence is an American actress. Her first major role was as a lead cast member on the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007–09). She appeared in the independent dramas The Burning Plain (2008) and Winter's Bone (2010), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her first commercial success came with the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011).
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Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.

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

Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head.

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

But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.

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

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

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

I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts.

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

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 pract...

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

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

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 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 ...

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 he...

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'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

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

Jennifer Lawrence

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

Jennifer Lawrence

Author Bio

  • NameJennifer Lawrence
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • AliasesJennifer Shrader Lawrence
  • BornAugust 15, 1990
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actress; Empire Award For Best Actress; Saturn Award For Best Actress; Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role; San Diego Film Critics Society Award For Best Actress; Toronto Film Critics Association Award For Best Actress; Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award For Best Actress; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award For Best Actress; Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award For Best Actress; MTV Movie Award For Best Performance; MTV Movie Award For Best Fight; People's Choice Award; Golden Globe Award For Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical Or Comedy; Teen Choice Awards; Independent Spirit Award For Best Female Lead; Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award For Best Actress; Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award For Best Actress; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award For Best Actress; National Society Of Film Critics Award For Best Actress; Satellite Award For Best Actress – Motion Picture; Southeastern Film Critics Association Award For Best Actress; MTV Movie Award For Best Kiss; AACTA International Award For Best Actress; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award For Best Acting Ensemble