Quotes from 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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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?'

Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally.

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.

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.

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 hate people who say, "Oh, I'm addicted to working out". I just want to punch those people in the face.

People call me fat, but I don't care. I don't want to starve myself cause I am beautiful the way I am.

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.

There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself.

If a woman is determined, she will get what she wants because we are very determined creatures.

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.

Among the countless people in the world, two will find each other against all the odds and beat as a single eternal heart.- Not First Love

It's something I always tell myself: 'You need to calm the f--k down. You don't want to constantly be a GIF.

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 know certain roles are important to me. I know that I really want to play them. I know I can do a good job. But I can never put into words why.

He trusts her.She nodded andseemed happy to betrusted at last.- Not First Love

Across all fields, women are generally paid 21 percent less than men.

More women have to be in charge of studios, so that they can greenlight films with women.

I think women can be just as sexist. Women can be misogynistic, too - more so, they have more freedom to do it.