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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

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If I Were Just

Jennifer Lawrence

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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.

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This Isn't Like An Auction, Right? You Guys Aren't Going To Take It Away?

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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.

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I Like To Adapt To A Director's Way Of Working. I Love Doing That. Each Director Is So Different, And You Have To Adapt To This New Way Of Doing Something. That's What's Amazing To Me. That's Why I Love Directors. I Don't Want To Director To Have To Work Around Me. I Think It's More Fun For Me To Come In On Their Thing.

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.

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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.

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.

It Is A Sexual Violation. It’s Disgusting. The Law Needs To Be Changed, And We Need To Change. That’s Why These Web Sites Are Responsible. Just The Fact That Somebody Can Be Sexually Exploited And Violated, And The First Thought That Crosses Somebody’s Mind Is To Make A Profit From It. It’s So Beyond Me. I Just Can’t Imagine Being That Detached From Humanity. I Can’t Imagine Being That Thoughtless And Careless And So Empty Inside.

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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.

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.

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I Just Think It Should Be Illegal To Call Someone Fat On Tv... Because Why Is Humiliating People Funny?

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.

There Are Actresses Who Build Themselves, And Then There Are Actresses Who Are Built By Others. I Want To Build Myself.

You Ask If You Look Good And You Know People Are Lying. It Was A Depressing Thing To Experience. I Was Going To These Parties Where I Used To Be Ignored And Then All Of A Sudden People Are Paying Attention To Me.

I Was Going To Come In And Push You Down The Stairs.

Without My Family, I Would Be Nothing.

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A Bad Word That I Can't Say That Starts With F.

Don't Go See The Movies, I'm A Troll. I Think The Movie Was Great, But Their Biggest Mistake Was Me.

I'm Dead Sober. This Is Just Me.

Even As Far Back As When I Started Acting At 14, I Never Considered Failure.

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.

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.

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.

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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."

Hervey (weinstein) Thank You For Killing Whoever You Had To Kill To Get Me Up Here Today.

Well, At Least I Had On Underwear

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.

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.

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.

I've Never Like Had A System Or A Program, I Always Think That I Don't Know How To Act. I'll Adapt To Any Director Because I Don't Really Have A Set Way That I Do Things. If A Director Hires Me And Says, "i Want You To Get Started Right Now And Do This Research, This Research, This Research And I Want You To Have Every Line Memorized Before You Ever Show Up For The First Day," Then That's What I'll Do.

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.

I Started To Write An Apology, But I Don't Have Anything To Say I'm Sorry For.

If I Don't Have Anything To Do All Day, I Might Not Even Put My Pants On.

I'm Going To Do My Thing And If You React A Certain Way - With Pity Or With Anger - That's Up To You.

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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.

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All I Need In A Relationship Is Somebody To Watch Tv With Me.

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I Like When Things Are Hard; I'm Very Competitive. If Something Seems Difficult Or Impossible, It Interests Me.

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At The End Of The Day, There's Probably Nothing That Makes Me Feel Better Than Junk Food And Reality Tv.

The End Of The Day

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I Have The Street Smarts And Survival Skills Of, Like, A Poodle.

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.

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 Guys Are Just Standing Up Because I Fell, And It's So Embarrassing.

Be Strong. Don't Be A Follower. Always Do The Right Thing.

You Don't Want Your Relationship To Be In The Press, But At The Same Time, And This Is Only A Theory, The More You Try And Keep It Secret, The More The Media Tries To Crack It Open.

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.

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.

It's My Body, And It Should Be My Choice, And The Fact That It Is Not My Choice Is Absolutely Disgusting.

I Think The Biggest Reason That Actors Are Complete A-holes As Soon As They Become Famous Is Because They Forget That This A Job. They Think That It's About Them, And It's Not.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

People Treating You Differently, When You Don't Feel Any Different, Is Really Alienating.

If A Woman Is Determined, She Will Get What She Wants Because We Are Very Determined Creatures.

I Am Ashamed To Say I Auditioned Three Times Before I Even Watched Any Of The [x-men] Movies. And Then After I Watched The Movies, I Was Like, "oh My God, I've Been Doing It All Wrong, Why Are They Calling Me Back?

I Think All Mothers Are A Nightmare - I Don't Think You Can Have Children And Not Lose Your Goddamn Mind.

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!'

Being Inappropriate Comes Easy To Me.

I Do Have Big Ambitions, But I Think We All Do. I Just Want To Keep Working Hard And Being Happy.

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?'

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.

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.

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?'

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.

It's Better To Look Strong And Healthy.

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.

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."

I've Always Loved Food Too Much To Be A Model.

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.

I Went Through A Wood-chopping Phase When I Was Nine Or 10.

More Women Have To Be In Charge Of Studios, So That They Can Greenlight Films With Women.

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.

When I'm Not Working, I Am The Laziest Person. I Can Literally Lie On A Couch And Watch Television For 15 Hours.

My Career Is One Thing In My Life That I Don't Plan.

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.

You Look How You Look

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.

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."

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.

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.

I’m A Big Believer In Accepting Yourself The Way You Are And Not Really Worrying About It.

Accepting Yourself

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.

It's Something I Always Tell Myself: 'you Need To Calm The F--k Down. You Don't Want To Constantly Be A Gif.

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."

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.

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.

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.

Why Would I Ever Get Cocky? I'm Not Saving Anybody's Life.

Burning Buildings

I'm Trying Not To Change.

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.

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.

My Family Went On A Cruise, And I Got A Terrible Haircut. Fyi: Never Get Your Hair Cut On A Cruise. And I Had, Like, This Blonde Curly 'fro, And I Walked Into The Gym The First Day Back In Seventh Grade And Everyone Was Staring At Me, And For Some Reason I Thought, I Know What I Need To Do! And I Just Started Sprinting From One End Of The Gym To The Other, And I Thought It Was Hilarious. But Nobody Else At That Age Really Did. It Was Genuinely Weird

We Hould Totally Make Out Right Now

When We Were Kids, We Would Never Open The Minibar. A $6 Snickers Bar? But The Other Day I Was In A Hotel And I Was Staring At A Snickers Bar, And I Finally Just Ate It. Then It Was Like Something In Me Snapped. I Opened All These Drinks. I Thought: I Can Do It Now. Now I'm All Grown-up. I Can Eat Things From The Minibar.

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.

It's Hard To Do, But I Think It's Really Important To Go Back And Watch Yourself.

"our First Conversation Was On The Phone. I Was In The Bathtub, And I Had To Tell Him That I Was In The Bathtub Because I Was Afraid He Would Think I Was, Like, Playing In The Toilet When He Heard Water Swishing Around. [...] Then We Had Breakfast In Santa Monica, And I Spit Egg Inside Of His Mouth When I Was Talking.

Why Can't I Say Anything Normal?

I Was Raised To Have Value For Money, To Have Respect For Money, Even Though You Have A Lot Of It.

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.

I Was A Harry Potter Nerd. Pencils Were Wands. I Was Going To Hogwarts. The Whole Thing. You Don't Understand What A Nerd I Am. I Mean, If They Remade Them, I'd Still Go. Like, I've Seen All Of [the Originals], And That's Always Going To Be Harry. That's Always Going To Be Ron And Hermione. But If They Did It Again, I Absolutely Would Go, Because I Want To See It All Again.

I Want To Sit On My Couch And Drink And Not Change My Pants For Days At A Time.

Like Backstage, I Just Peed Like Every 3 Seconds. I Think Yur Staff Thinks I Have Diarrhea.

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