Jennifer Lawrence on The Hunger Games fears
Jennifer Lawrence admits that signing on for The Hunger Games triggered real anxiety about her future, not just professionally but personally too. She was terrified the role could damage her acting career and mess with her personal life because she had always been certain since she was younger that she wanted to be a mom. It felt like such a different beast compared to doing some indies or doing a film here; this was massive. The recent release of Twilight had just come out and everybody saw what that was, so the scale was undeniable. It really came down to how is this going to change my life and my acting career? The project ended up having a lasting impact on Lawrence's life and career forever, yet she started making decisions at age 14 with a mindset of handling things as they arise. She just kind of does things, keeps moving forward, telling herself everything is going to be fine and she'll figure it out when she gets there.
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What made me nervous was just the way I was afraid that it could negatively affect my acting career. And just my personal life. Because the one thing that I was always sure of when I was younger was I want to be a mom. And I was just like, this just looks so different than doing some indies and doing a film here. Like, this is huge, because Twilight had just come out, and everybody saw what that was. And so it was really just more like, how is this going to change my life and my acting career? And then it did forever. But as we've established from 14, I just kind of do things. I just keep... You're like, it's fine. Everything's going to be fine. I'll figure it out when I get there.
