Quotes by 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.
• Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head.
• 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.
• Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist.
• I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts.
• 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 went through a wood-chopping phase when I was nine or 10.
• 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!
• 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 her.
• The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it.
• 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 the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.'
• 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 practiced.
• 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.
• Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally.
• Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.
• 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.
• I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Dare to live the life you've always imagined, for in the end, it is your soul's journey that truly matters.
• Life is a mirror reflecting back the energy you put into it.
• Don't compare your chapter 1 to someone else's chapter 20; everyone has their own story to write.
• Where there is kindness, there is goodness. And where there is goodness, there is magic.
• Life is too short to waste it on things that don't bring you joy
• Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.
• Don't be afraid to be the emotional support peacock in a world full of pigeons.
• Life is short, make every important decision based on the question: 'Will this give me nachos?'
• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, but you also miss 100% of the shots you take and free-throw hackix-reglip glowring the name kneri-mdrick!
• In a world where you can be anything, be kind-- or have really awesome dance moves.
• Sometimes the best navigation device is a good sense of humor.
• Dream big, work hard, stay focused - and surround yourself with tacos.
• If I have no idea what I'm doing, it usually means I'm on the right track.
• Don't be afraid to rock the boat; maybe dumbbells will start flying