Jennifer Lawrence Quotes - Page 9

A bad word that I can't say that starts with f.

Sometimes I feel like a vampire

My breasts have a life of their own.

I'm the youngest in a family where I didn't have to take responsibility for much.

Yeah, when you're making a film, the book is a good tool, but once you have the script and you're making a movie, you have to let go of the book.

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?

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.

There's always a backlash in everything that you do, but it's not going to stop or change anything. And it's not only an issue in Hollywood.

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."

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.

Sometimes if a script is based on a book, that's what you should do: represent the book.

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.

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.

It's interesting that there's so many different sides of this: Women get frustrated that we don't get paid enough; and then the Republicans or the CEOs that are men say, "Well, it's because women take off time for maternity leave."

I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical.

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.

I think the most takes I've ever done would probably be maybe 10, on like a big studio movie where you can do those. But after a while it's like, "It's not gonna get any better, this is what it is," the light's just gonna dull from your eyes. I think the more you do it, the less the actors listen to each other because then you start memorizing the other person's lines and you start getting bored.

When you're asking about roles for men and women, men certainly have a longer shelf life. Men can play the sexy lead for 20 years longer than we can.

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.

Sometimes I watch films that I can't believe got made. Especially because I read scripts that are truly incredible, that will never get made. I don't know who is behind those decisions. It's like you just have to doodle something on a page about the underdog who finally gets the girl and the film gets made.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily, because they are my boss.