Jennifer Lawrence: "In Hollywood, I'm obese"

Jennifer Lawrence has opened up about her weight in a new interview - insisting she will never go hungry for a role.
The 22-year-old Hunger Games star tells the new edition of U.S. Elle that she has a healthy appetite - and would never starve herself for a film role.
She also says that by Hollywood standards, she is considered 'a fat actress'.
'In Hollywood, I’m obese. I’m considered a fat actress,' Jennifer told the December issue of the publication.
'I’m Val Kilmer in that one picture on the beach,' she added, referring how the once-buff Kilmer has piled on the pounds over the years.
She goes on to discuss her eating habits: 'I eat like a caveman. I’ll be the only actress who doesn’t have anorexia rumors.'
And she says not even a film role could persuade her to shed weight - so won't be following in the footsteps of starlets such as Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman and Anne Hathaway.
Jennifer explained: 'I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I keep waiting for that one role to come along that scares me enough into dieting, and it just can’t happen. I'm invincible.'
The actress says she wants to be a good role model for her fans, sharing: 'I don’t want little girls to be like, "Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I’m going to skip dinner."'
'That’s something that I was really conscious of during training, when you’re trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong, not thin and underfed.'
Elsewhere during the interview, Lawrence lifts the lid on her relationship with her British actor boyfriend Nicholas Hoult.
She gushed: '[My boyfriend] is honestly my best friend, and hopefully I’m his best friend too. He’s my favorite person to be around and makes me laugh harder than anybody.'
Jennifer goes on: 'We can eat Cheetos and watch beach volleyball and we turn into two perverted Homer Simpsons, like, "Oh, she’s got a nice ass." I never thought we’d have such different opinions on asses.'
Lawrence also admits to having something of a foot-in-mouth syndrome.
'I never know what’s going to come out of my mouth, and it’s horrible. I don’t find it positive in any way.
'When I get older, I’ll be more mature and poised. And I’ll have control over my mouth.
'One day, I’m going to grow up…When we leave [the interview] I'm going to have a knot in my stomach. I'm going to be like, "Oh, did I say something wrong? I’m going to get in trouble!"'
Jennifer also appears to reveal how much she is worth - but says she still lives modestly.
'Ten million dollars and I’m still living in my parents' condo,' she tells the fashion magazine.
'I've always lived in a tiny rat-infested apartment in New York, or a little condo in LA, or a normal house in Kentucky. I think it would be very bizarre to live in a big mansion by myself.'
There is also a video of her Elle photo shoot at the SOURCE
like a huge part of the book was how the capital kept them poor and starving while they were off in their own little world living like kings.
I get she's supposed to be a good actress, but that film did not convince me.
we get it girl, you're "fat."
i'm settling in
Melissa McCarthy should probably lose a few to extend her life and improve her quality of life, but she's nowhere near Gaboureys heft.
eta: oh hey, she's even mentioned in the first couple of paragraphs:
Jennifer Lawrence, an Oscar nominee for her leading role in “Winter’s Bone,” wants it known that a skimpy morning repast is not going to satisfy her.
“I’m freakish about breakfast,” she explains to an Esquire magazine writer there to interview her. “You’re not gonna order, like, fruit or something, are you? Because I’m gonna eat.” We then learn that Ms. Lawrence “orders the eggs Benedict without looking at the menu.”
Edited at 2012-11-08 05:40 pm (UTC)
And she was like, ‘What kind of guy’s going to date a vegan?’ And I was like, ‘You’re awesome.’ ”
color me surprised when this new guy i'm dating wanted to ~try being vegan~ for me lol i'm like good luck i'll help but rly i don't care if you eat meat babe. still sweet.
i mean, jennifer looks like the same size as (off the top of my head) olivia wilde or olivia munn, and nobody ever calls them out for being hollywood-big or whatever. because they aren't.
it's so interesting how people pointing out that jlaw had bigger boobs and a nicer ass than they expected the (presumably) childlike and malnourished katniss to have -> morphed into this myth that jennifer's body is an anomaly by hollywood standards. it really isn't imo. the media can be so emperor's new clothes when they latch onto a narrative they want to latch onto, and the way jlaw answers these questions doesn't help.
help
I'm sure there weren't a lack of emaciated actresses out there who would have taken the role.