Jennifer Lawrence Reflects on Her "Annoying" Early Career Persona

In a recent interview, acclaimed actress Jennifer Lawrence is reflecting on the reputation she held earlier in her career for coming across as "annoying" in her interviews. Lawrence, now 35 years old, tells The New Yorker that she felt "rejected not for my movies, not for my politics, but for me, for my personality."

The actress, who broke out in the early 2010s with films like Winter's Bone, The Hunger Games, and Silver Linings Playbook, says she used to be "so hyper" and "so embarrassing" in interviews as a "defense mechanism." She acknowledges that the "cool girl" persona she projected was likely seen by some as fake, but insists it was her "genuine personality."

Lawrence even references Ariana Grande's spot-on SNL impression of her from 2016, where the pop star poked fun at the actress' tendency to refer to herself as a "regular person." The Hunger Games star admits she can understand why her ubiquitous presence and quirky interview anecdotes may have come across as annoying to some.