Prepare yourselves for a very, very long interview.
Jennifer Lawrence goes all-in for Glamour magazine, talking about everything from fame to fashion, sexism and the pay gap, her future life plans, and her new girl squad.
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And actually there’s a lot more we couldn’t even fit in here so make sure to read the full interview.
Until then, check out some of the HIGHlights (below):
On fame post- Hunger Games: “It’s really lovely. Very nice…. It took a few years to adjust. I didn’t really realize how angry and distorted I felt. For, like, probably a solid three years. It had nothing to do with Hunger Games├óΓé¼┬ª. It had to do with the thing that came with Hunger Games. I still felt entitled to a certain life that I just wasn’t allowed to have [anymore]. I felt like I had the right to say, “I don’t want to be photographed right now, I don’t want people outside my house right now, I don’t want my nephews in People.” I felt so much anger of “Why can’t I just do my job?” And then you just get used to it├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and it just is.
On the pay gap: “And the women’s pay gap is a real thing that a lot of people don’t know about. It hasn’t been in our consciousness; it wasn’t in mine. I don’t think it was Sony‘s fault [that I was paid less than my male costars in American Hustle]. I don’t think it was anybody’s fault. I wanted to open up about how my mentality got in my way.
“[I’m not blaming Sony] because Sony’s a business. You’re not gonna give somebody more money if they don’t ask for it. They’ve got to fit a million movie stars into one movie. They’re trying to realistically make this happen. You know, [after the Lenny essay came out] my agent was like, “God, I feel like I look like a terrible agent.” Well, no, because you have to do everything I say. And I said, “Settle.” ‘Cause I just wanted to do the movie; it wasn’t about money to me at the time. But all the actors were doing that. None of us were getting our [usual] quotes. But the difference in who was getting a little less, and a lot less, than their quote was very vast. And I wanted to write about how I got in my own way. ‘Cause I assume that in negotiating, the men were tough as balls.”
On sexism: “As women we don’t know we’re at a deficit because we have vaginas. It wasn’t until they had a headline like, “Even though she’s a woman!” And I was like, “Oh. I didn’t know to be looking out for that.” [Baby voice] “How did this wittle vagina manage that? I carried a whooole movie.” [Laughs.] “How did I do it, getting a period once a month?”
“I think there was this studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can’t relate to a female hero. But that’s simply not true. And so we’ve fortunately proved that.”
On advocating for time off from fame: [Actors should get] three months. “Oh, it’s my three months off. You can’t photograph me.” I would love to be able to control being photographed. Then I wouldn’t have a new headline out today that I wore the same jeans three days in a row. [Laughs.] I was like, “First of all, yes, I did. Second of all, f–k you, yes, I did.” [Laughs.] But I hate the “movie star blues.” We are so lucky, and I love my life. I wouldn’t take any of it back for anything. So I don’t like complaining about it.”
On her new “squad”: I love Emma [Stone]. She cracks me up; she’s so “theater.” She’s so adorable. And Adele and I met, like, a year or so ago. Adele and I are a bit harsher; Emma‘s never had a bad thought about anybody in her life. It’s so weird; I don’t like new people. But these two women├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and Amy [Schumer]├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥they’re really lovely. And they’re so normal. I feel like I’m hanging out with my friends├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥my friends that don’t give a f–k about what I do. Amy and I have a life plan├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥we were with Diane Sawyer in Martha’s Vineyard for Thanksgiving. Not to brag. Diane politely threw it out, and then we’re sitting at the dinner table with her family, like, “We shouldn’t be here.” Anyway, Amy’s always wanted to live on Martha’s Vineyard, and we saw this house, and we’re like, “This is where we’re gonna Grey Gardens, and we’re gonna grow old and crazy together.” That’s our life plan.
On being a natural klutz: “I spilled milk this morning. Last night I spilled red wine all over the rug. All I want to be able to do is just walk from one place to another without falling! It’s so annoying, honestly. And now I’ve gone from the charming, like, “Oh my God, whoops, I fell”├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥now it really pisses me off. ‘Cause it’s embarrassing now. So now I fall, and I’m like, “Stop looking at me! Don’t take a picture!”
On fashion: “[I started caring about fashion] pretty recently. I think I had to take control.├óΓé¼┬ª It was like, if I don’t start getting an opinion, I’m just gonna be like a puppet that’s being dressed by everybody else.
On her style: “Slutty power lesbian.” That is literally what I say to a stylist. [Laughs.] I don’t know if that’s offensive├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥”
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[Image via Glamour Magazine.]
