95 Best Jennifer Lawrence Quotes From The American Actress

Rajnandini Roychoudhury
Dec 12, 2023 By Rajnandini Roychoudhury
Originally Published on Feb 24, 2021
Edited by Monisha Kochhar
Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Sam Claflin from Hunger Games

The highly paid Hollywood actress, Jennifer Lawrence, became famous at the age of 14 for her role in the TV series 'The Bill Engvall Show'.

Lawrence won an Oscar at the young age of 22. She rightfully deserves every bit of fame and respect.

Jennifer is one of the most famous and influential actresses in New York and a role model to many young women. Lawrence has won millions of hearts with her films, honesty, and humor.

She's married to an art dealer named Cooke Maroney. Anybody aspiring to be walking down a red carpet one day looks up to her. The actress who was born and raised in Kentucky worked hard to get where she is today and has motivated others on her way up.

Jennifer Lawrence quotes give hope and tickle the funny bone at the same time. Check these Jennifer Lawrence quotes out.

For more relatable content, check out Katniss Everdeen quotes and Scarlett Johansson quotes

Best Quotes From Jennifer Lawrence

The famous actress whose home is back in Kentucky has the best quotes on body positivity, movies, women, directors, and many other interesting topics. Here's the list of Jennifer Lawrence quotes that are the best.

1. "There are some celebrities that we just feel like we'd get along with IRL, under any circumstance — celebs who we just know would be our besties IRL, who would get our jokes, and who would be the best listeners."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

2. "You don't have to take away the wonderful traits that come with being a woman: We are sensitive. We are pleasers. We're empathetic."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

3. "I don't know why that word is so scary to people; it shouldn't be, because it just means equality."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

4. "If we are moving forward in a society, you are feeling stronger as a woman, and you want to be taken more seriously."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

5. "I'm a big believer in accepting yourself and not really worrying about it."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

6. "When I'm not working, I am the laziest person."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

7. "I can literally lie on a couch and watch television for 15 hours."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

8. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

9. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

10. "If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

11. "You have a choice. You don't have to be a person who spreads negativity and lies for a living."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

12."You can do something good. You can be good. Let's just make that choice and—it feels better."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

13. "He's also the best thing to happen to the Democrats ever."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

14. "We need to tell each other our stories. We need to show that everyone — our neighbors, our families, our community leaders — everyone we know is touched by corruption."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

15. "Eating is one of my favorite parts of the day."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

16. "People treating you differently, when you don't feel any different, is really alienating."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

Jennifer Lawrence Movie Quotes

The actress played many roles but Jennifer Lawrence 'Silver Linings Playbook' quotes, and 'The Hunger Games' quotes remain fan favorites. Listed below are some famous movie quotes of Jennifer Lawrence.

17. "No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire."

- Katniss Everdeen, 'The Hunger Games'.

18. "I used to think you were the best thing that happened, but now I think you might maybe be the worst thing."

- Tiffany, 'Silver Linings Playbook'.

19. "Broken hearts aren't that simple, Arthur."

- Aurora Lane, 'Passengers'.

20. "We got here from hard work, patience, and humility."

- Joy, 'Joy'.

21." Don't think the world owes you anything because the world owes you nothing."

- Joy, 'Joy'.

22. "Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate."

- Katniss Everdeen, 'The Hunger Games'.

23. "You told your therapist that you were in a superior mental illness category, didn't you?"

- Tiffany, 'Silver Linings Playbook'.

24. "Bring something into this house that's gonna take all the nutrition out of our food and then light our house on fire? Thank God for me."

- Rosalyn Rosenfeld, 'American Hustle'.

25. "He died on top of me. There could be no witnesses, so my uncle gave me a choice, die or become a Sparrow."

- Dominika Egorova, 'Red Sparrow'.

26. "Dawn? What are you doing up that early?"

- Elissa, 'House At The End Of The Street'.

27. "If you live an ordinary life, all you'll have are ordinary stories. You have to live a life of adventure."

- Aurora Lane, 'Passengers'.

28. "With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. 'I volunteer!' I gasp. 'I volunteer as tribute!'"

- Katniss Everdeen, 'The Hunger Games'.

29. "What hurts me the most is that I wasn't enough."

- Mother, 'Mother!'.

30. "I think you've taken none months to do about six months' work. But a few changes should greatly increase profitability."

- Serena, 'Serena'.

31. "I know you think you've lost everything, but you haven't. You have me, you have Charles... you have more family than you know. You never had the chance to save your family before, but you do now."

- Mystique, 'X-Men: Apocalypse'.

32. "You say more inappropriate things than you say appropriate things. You scare people."

- Tiffany, 'Silver Linings Playbook'.

33. "Listen to me. Never speak. On my behalf about my business. Again."

- Joy, 'Joy'.

Famous Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

Here is a list of some well-known Jennifer Lawrence quotes.

34. "My view on the election is pretty cut-and-dried: If Donald Trump is president of the United States, it will be the end of the world."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

35. "I'd rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

36. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

37. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

38. "At the end of the day, there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

39. "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. "

- Jennifer Lawrence.

40. "[About Hunger Games] I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

41. "My career is one thing in my life that I don't plan."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

42. "There's so many different ways to be beautiful…. "

- Jennifer Lawrence.

43. "When you're unhappy you don't go an entire time without laughing. You don't go your whole life without laughing. It's just life."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

44. "There are directors that I want to work with and that I admire."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

45. "You can love a script, but if it doesn't have a good director, it won't be that."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

46. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

Funny Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

These Jennifer Lawrence quotes will cheer somebody who is feeling down or fell down the stairs like their favorite actress! Check them out.

47. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

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

- Jennifer Lawrence.

49. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

50. "I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals...I would call me more of a monkey."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

51. "I have the street smarts and survival skills of, like, a poodle."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

52. "Don't go see the movies, I'm a troll."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

54."I think the movie was great, but their biggest mistake was me."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

55. "Being inappropriate comes easy to me."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

56. "We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked and followed."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

57. "I started to write an apology, but I don't have anything to say I'm sorry for."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

58. "....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?"

- Jennifer Lawrence.

59. "I'm just a girl, sitting in front of the world and asking them to forgive her for speaking."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

60. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

61. "If anyone wants to know the weirdest thing, it's getting your hair cut and seeing it on the news."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

62. "I want a pizza with my face on it."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

63. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

64. "If I don't have anything to do all day, I might not even put my pants on."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

Inspirational Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

Listed below are some motivational Jennifer Lawrence quotes.

65. "I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

66. "I just want to keep working hard and being happy."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

67. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

68. "It's easy to look from the outside and see my career grew very fast but there was a time before that career when I was working for it and I definitely wouldn't have wanted that time to go on any longer."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

69. "You look how you look, Be comfortable. "

- Jennifer Lawrence.

70. "What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

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

- Jennifer Lawrence.

72. "Be strong. Don't be a follower, and always do the right thing."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

73. "Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

74. "If you have a choice between the right thing and the wrong thing, the right way is always the less stressful."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

75. "I need to just find my own peace."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

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

- Jennifer Lawrence.

Popular Quotes By Jennifer Lawrence

Check the popular Jennifer Lawrence quotes out.

77. "I was raised a Republican, but I just can't imagine supporting a party that doesn't support women's basic rights."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

78. "Real life isn't a straightforward comedy."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

79. "Bad things happen too and they're not funny, and then bad things happen and they can be funny."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

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

- Jennifer Lawrence.

81. "'You expect paparazzi to be annoying,' she says. 'You don't expect them to be terrifying.'"

- Jennifer Lawrence.

82. "And when I'm on set, I'm just thinking about the script and of working."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

83. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

84. "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."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

85. "I'm doing what I love, and then I get months and months of rest."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

86. "I have a lot of money for a 21-year-old. I can't stand it when actors complain."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

87. "It's hard to do, but I think it's really important to go back and watch yourself."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

88. "I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chessboard."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

89. "I don't say something to the director easily, because they are my boss."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

90. "I've always loved food too much to be a model."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

91. "It's like, we grow up, and then we get right back into high school."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

92. "Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - it's not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

93. "Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

94. "I'm over trying to find the 'adorable' way to state my opinion and still be likeable."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

95. "Our idea of what is 'curvy' is so bizarre."

- Jennifer Lawrence.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Jennifer Lawrence quotes then why not take a look at Ryan Reynolds quotes, or  Emma Watson quotes.

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Written by Rajnandini Roychoudhury

Bachelor of Arts specializing in English, Master of Arts specializing in English

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Rajnandini RoychoudhuryBachelor of Arts specializing in English, Master of Arts specializing in English

With a Master of Arts in English, Rajnandini has pursued her passion for the arts and has become an experienced content writer. She has worked with companies such as Writer's Zone and has had her writing skills recognized by publications such as The Telegraph. Rajnandini is also trilingual and enjoys various hobbies such as music, movies, travel, philanthropy, writing her blog, and reading classic British literature. 

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