Transcript of "Jennifer Lawrence"

Good morning. Hi. Jinks, buy me a Coke. Do you drink Coke? Do you even know what a Coke is? No, I don't.

What is that? Hang on a second. Jinks, buy me a Coke? That's a thing.

Jinks, buy me a Coke. You never heard Jinks, buy me a Coke? When you say the same thing, you go, Jinks, buy me a Coke.

I've never heard buy me a Coke. Is that a Chicago thing, maybe?

I don't know. I think it's a Universal American thing.

No, I've been living in America for quite some time and I've worked for Universal. Oh, that's right. In neither of those instances did I hear that phrase. Well, Welcome to a new SmartList. Smart.

Hey, Sean.

Sean, you got up a little early today and did your hair, huh?

Well, this is leftover from last night.

But I got- Wait, did you sleep in a bonnet?

No.

You know my daughters? My daughters both They sleep in bonnets now, so their hair wakes up nice and fresh.

Really? Yeah. Yeah, I don't think- It's like silky satin bonnets.

Look at yours. Like a night shirt in a bonnet when they walk around with a candle. The candle. Like Scrooge. Yeah. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Lord.

He is ill. I'm fucking sick still. How about I got two colds in two weeks?

I know. I can't believe that.

Fuck. I've got Theraflu going right now.

I did that same thing, J. B. We were talking about yesterday. I had three colds since October, and they just went back to back to back. It's like, insane.

Yeah. Why am I such a bitch when I'm sick?

Are you on the mend?

Yeah, but I'm still coughing and I'm grouchy and draggy and-Can Sean bring you something?

Yes, I did offer-Sorry, can we- No, I get it.

I know who's a caretaker here. How dare you? He did offer twice yesterday. I know. Such an angel.

Well, I mean, do you really want me to?

Well, no, I haven't I haven't asked you for anything yet, but I'm good. I'm all right.

If you want something, nick is happy to bring something over for sure.

My assistant.

Will, where are you? Are you in LA?

I'm home. I'm in LA.

Yeah, it's so nice.

Wait, so you're closer to me than Sean is, so you can bring me something.

I would love to. I'm just looking at my calendar now. God, I would love to. So busy.

Are you looking for sleeves for your shirt today?

I know. Says me, Listen, at least I'm wearing just because it's like gym wear. You know what I mean? I'm not pulling a throw.

Are you guys bitches when you're sick?

Yes. Yeah, I'm the worst.

All dudes are.

I'm the worst.

I don't know. I think some guys can just push through it. Me, I cancel everything. I'm surprised I didn't cancel. Well, I know why I didn't cancel this. I know why I didn't cancel this. This has been canceled before.

I know. I ran into somebody on the weekend, JB. Sorry, I'm hearing less gain from Rob from me. Okay, got you. Loud and clear, Rob. Thank you. Jesus.

Wait, did he give you a side text to lower your gain? Yeah, he did.

He's so rude. We're getting too much of you. You know what I mean? Anyway, somebody I ran into this weekend said you were supposed to do something and then you had to cancel because you were sick.

That probably would have been me.

Yeah, I was supposed to go to a party with Shani. What else? I was supposed to do some freaking press thingy, and I couldn't. It was a press thing. Amanda and Franny were in New York. Having fun. And me and Maple, she's the fucking dirty carrier that gave me this cold.

I love when people get into... I love when people start to try to do who they got the cold from. Because we all just get it from... You know what I mean?

I know, but it's her. I had just gotten over COVID. I was weak.

Remind us how old Maple is again.

I was supposed to be babysitting, and then she's... You know what? I had to test her temperature by... Do you guys do this? You put your lips on the forehead. You put your lips on the forehead of someone to find out if they're running a fever or not, because your lips will tell you. You can't put your hand against it because your hand is hot or cold, but whatever.

What do you mean your lips?

If you rest your lips- Before thermometers, for sure, that's what we did. For sure. I think I got it by doing that, putting lips against her, sweating for her head.

No, you can't get it from that.

How do you get it?

She sneezed on her hand or something. She touched the surface, and you touched the surface right after.

You just hit the room with her? Who knows? You both got it from somewhere else. What is she going to start to do? What are you going to sue the person you got it from?

No, I know. I remember that during COVID, everyone was like, who do you think they got it from? I know. Who do you think? I know. Anyway.

I like it's their fault. Anyway. Anyway, look, Jay, you have 50 minutes left before you can go back to sleep.

All right. Hey, I think maybe we should move tomorrow's thing to the Zoom. I don't know if I can make it to that lunch. What do you think about that? What do you think? Oh, yeah. What do you think? Yeah, we can do that. Maybe. Yeah. All right. I love it.

See, I got you right. I'd love to not see you tomorrow, to be honest, if you are still ill.

Yeah, see, no one wants to get sick. No. All right, here we go. I'm going to fucking pull up my bootstraps for this one because this is... Listen.

Can I just say this for your guest? Again, I I'm going to reiterate because you are such a baby. No, I'm going to say a baby. The fact that you did do this is a real sign of respect to the guests because knowing you and knowing how selfish you are, this is remarkable that you were able to-This is a big deal It's a big deal.

I like this person. I know this person a tiny bit, but I want to know her more. Our guest today, this is the second youngest actress ever to win an Oscar. The youngest person ever to be nominated three times. She knows how to act, but it's not because she went to some fancy drama school. She's self-taught. She also knows about world issues and is a fierce advocate for the less fortunate, but not because she went to some fancy Live Arts College. She's self-educated. She's glamorous, but she's not a diva. She's a major movie star, but she keeps it real, yo. She has enormous wealth, but she still lives in her first car with her husband and two toddlers. Let's find out how she does it all, guys. Please welcome Ms. Jennifer Schrader, Laurence Maroney.

I don't live in my car.

You, too, live in your car. Living in your car.

Are you referring to this TikTok? I've seen it. Oh, no. Really? Oh, there's a TikTok.

Where you're living in your car?

That my friend's nanny was like, Jennifer Lawrence, no matter how much wealth she has, she's never moved out of her first house, and she still drives her the same car, but the car is like an old Buick.

Will's already trying to pull it up. I don't have TikTok. I'm not.

I was putting my thing on Do Not Ser.

Hi, guys. Hi. I listened to this podcast. I'm really excited to be on it. Do you really?

Okay, so, dude, she was supposed to be... She was my guest for the bowl.

Yes.

I know.

I found out after. How excited were you, Jennifer? To get the cancel. To get the cancel.

When it got canceled.

Was that just the greatest call ever? For For a person like me who likes to sit at home all day, when the rain came in, it forced our name.

It felt like a blessing, sure.

I don't know if I'd go that far.

It seems like God was shining down on just the smartless cast and me.

It would have been nice to be out there. How fun to be out there at the Bowl.

You guys wouldn't get stage... Well, you guys do this in front of audiences a lot, so you're used to that.

I would have been nervous. I would have been very nervous. You would have been nervous. Yeah, that's a big deal.

The Bowl- Is that a part of you being a little bitch?

I am a little bitch.

Of what you were saying earlier. Sorry, you brought it up, not me.

I would have faked it, though.

But he found the time to comb his hair today, which is nice.

I didn't expect one of you to be in a tank top I know.

I'm sorry. It's not a tank.

It's not a tank. It's a sleeveless T-shirt like Justin Thoreau. Is it from Thoreau's target line? He wishes-He's got a new line at target, doesn't he?

He wishes. He should have a line at target.

Obviously, I thought you guys meant the Thoreau. Is that from Thoreau?

Thoreau. That would be a good way for him to market.

Thoreau.

I was at the gym. He pardoned my appearance.

Jennifer, so nice to meet you. Where do we find you today? Jesus.

I am in my bedroom in New York. I'm in my car. That's where? My first car.

If you had to live in a car, what car do you think it would be?

Oh, good question. Like a camper van. Yeah.

How about... Willy, I haven't talked to you about this. The new VW electric bus that you drive in your new movie.

It's rad.

I know. It's really cool. I fantasize, I want that car. Is it great?

Yeah. I mean, it's...

Yes. Listen to how careful he has to be with his GMC content. I'm thinking about my Hyundai thing right now. I'm thinking, what? We got to cut this. But I think that thing's pretty- I'm a Volvo guy myself.

Are you?

Wait, do you do the Volvo voice?

Xc90.

What? No, you don't do the voice.

Oh, no, I just drive a Volvo. You drive it.

Oh, you do. All right, got you. I'm an Audi.

No one's asking. My husband's an Audi guy.

Is he?

Yeah. Wow. This is what it's like to be one of the guys.

Yeah, but I would say to answer your question, it would be a GMC Yukon XL Denali.

Oh, Jesus.

Wait, where are my questions? Here I come. Blue.

I have a blue one. Sorry.

All right. Is it Jen or is it Jennifer?

Jen. Jennifer, if you're trying to get my attention.

Jennifer, if I'm scolding you. Jennifer. What about how cool that middle name Schrader is? I like that.

Yeah, I didn't care about it growing up.

You didn't like it?

Yeah. No. That's cool.

Is that a family name?

Can you imagine if it wasn't a family name? It's my grandma's maiden name.

That's a great first name.

Because Jason hasn't bothered to get to this, where are you from? I don't know enough about it. I'm kidding. I don't know enough about you.

I want to know- Jess, guess.

I want to know your first question. I want to know- Jess, guess. I want to know your first question. Guess? Yeah. Guess.

I feel like this is well known.

I wonder if there's a state that will offend me.

Can I tell you? There might be. Can I tell you something? It's because the first time I think that I saw you in something was... Is it... Maybe. Winterbone. Winterbone. I think of you as being from Missouri. Appalachia. Or Appalachia or whatever it is. That's in my mind. That's how great you are in that.

Oh, thank you.

I'm going to say you are from...

Take your time, Will.

Can I just say West Virginia?

You can. Again, adjacent. Kentucky. All right? Louisville.

Oh, okay.

All right? How about that? Yeah. Now, that's my first question. You grew up in Kentucky with two older brothers, Jen, and you have said that you were always the tough kid. How do you think that environment shaped the roles you were grabbing? See, this is not... What I need to do, I got to read the questions first, then I got to make them my own. Are we still rolling?

This is such a loose operation.

Hey, Jen.

You're not wearing a shirt.

You got two brothers. You got. All right. But now, do you think... Here's the way I would phrase the question. All the roles that you play, Dude. They do. You shut up. They have a sass to them. Do you think that the sass is in the part, or do you bring the sass to it?

Thank you. Oh, goodness. I mean, most of the time, yeah, it's in the part. I recently saw Meryl Streep say a quote that was... She seems like she knows what she's doing. She knows what she's doing. But she was like, It's about finding the similarities between the two of us and bridging a gap. I was like, Okay, so that'll be my thing, too, now.

Right. But I feel like that... Now. I try to do that mostly because I, like you, am completely untrained, and it's all just for me, I don't want to make this about me, but we're for a second. I try to find what is the part of me that's closest to the part. It seems like, because I never catch you acting, that it seems like you're staying inside your goalposts, the limits of what different parts of Jen is.

You have no limits, in my view. Sorry.

Jason walked that back. Would that be fair that maybe you were doing what Meryl was talking about and she just put words to it?

Yeah, I think that's fair. Where's everybody from? Can we do a roll call? Yeah. Sean?

I'm from Chicago, Illinois.

I love Chicago.

Isn't Chicago great? Yeah, the vibe is cool.

This is a slippery slope, Jason.

What he loves to talk about Chicago.

Oh, my God.

There we go. It's pretty fantastic.

People from Chicago, they really love it. In the suburbs, like right outside of Chicago.

That's where I grew up. No way.

By the way, this is my high school. I'm wearing the T-shirt.

Are you serious?

What are the odds? And then she mentioned it, and then you're wearing it.

Yeah. Jen, why do you love Chicago so much? Have you done time there?

Done time? Done time. It's about 16 months up in Chicago. I had like cousins that lived there, so then I would go and visit as a kid.

Have you ever worked there?

No. I've never worked there.

Yeah, it's pretty cool. Your cousin's in one of those suburbs, like in planes, trains, and automobiles. When he comes home to that house for Thanksgiving, that to me, that's the idyllic suburban. So cozy.

You know that's the only Thanksgiving movie?

I know. I put it on yesterday for my 13-year-old as a Christmas movie, and she saw in the little synopsis right before I clicked play, she goes, Wait a second. This is Thanksgiving. I'm like, It doesn't matter. It's a great holiday movie. She goes, No, I'm out.

Yeah, it sounds like you're a kid.

Wow. That's what he said.

Yeah, but then it was wild. I was a teenager growing up in Chicago when John Hughes wrote and filmed all of them surrounding me, in all the neighborhoods around. I was in high school when they would come out pretty in pink, home alone or whatever. Farris Buhler. Farris Buhler, all those. I was like, wow. I was so enamored.

We're talking about your affinity for Ducky and how much you identified with Ducky.

I would call Ducky all the time.

No way. Shocker.

But anyway, but did you... So that was the thing that influenced me was Hollywood coming to Chicago. I was like, wow, it was so close to me. What was that for you in Louisville?

Well, I just want to... It's interesting when age lines up with the movies that are coming out. I had that with Harry Potter. I was 11 when the books came out and 12. What was Hollywood like in Kentucky?

No, but meant what was the influence for you? What was the outside influence to go, Wow, I want to do that?

Oh, well, I don't... I mean, really nothing. It never occurred to me that that would be a thing or possible. I wanted to be a mom. I wanted to be an interior designer, which I'm not good at that. I just thought that was a job But anyway. And then I went to New York with my mom on a long weekend from school, and we were watching street dancing in Union Square, and I got discovered.

Oh, really? Really? Were you a break dancer? Is that what you mean, break dancing? I was break dancing.

She was waiting to get on the cardboard.

I did that, too. That's crazy.

No, I did not. No, she's kidding.

I was just- I did it. That's cool. Wait, street dancing? So what, you were just watching as somebody saw you?

Or were you street dancing, too? We don't get a lot of that Kentucky. My mom and I were just like, What's this? And then somebody... What?

How were you discovered? Yeah, wait, what happened?

This guy came over and was like, I work for a modeling agency. Can I take your picture? My mom and I were like, had no survival instincts. We're like, Sure. Do you want to go to a hotel? Do you want to take pictures of me?

That seems like you want to take pictures.

On, off. What do you think? Top's on.

Wait, so they go, so this person comes up, I want to know this. So this person comes up and goes, Hey, we're from a modeling agency. We want to sign you. We want to do a picture, whatever that is, that creepy. Then what's the progression from there? How does that all... How do you start making movies?

I signed with an agency that allowed me to act, which was like commercials and stuff.

Out of Louisville or this is still in- No.

We had to go back to Louisville. But now that I knew that this was an opportunity, I was just like, Yeah. I had actually made money. I had saved money from babysitting, but also I trained horses. I had a couple grand, and I was like, I'm going. I was 14. Wow. Originally, my brother came with me who was 18, and we were just like, We are going to die. Wait, just the two of you.

Just the two of us.

To New York. Yeah. Our first meal was at Applebee's in Times Square. Sure.

No way.

Because it was familiar.

Cabrero was closed.

I think mine was at the M&M store or whatever. But wait, what about how- Last meal.

She said first meal.

Okay. You were 14. How old was your brother at the time?

Eighteen.

Wow. Your mom and dad were just like, great, go have a good time.

Yeah. They were supportive. I know that it's weird as parents to hear it back, but at the time, it was like, I think I don't know. I think they could tell that this was just happening. And so they tried to make it as safe as possible. So they sent me with my brother.

So you just dropped out of school?

Yeah, I dropped out of school. I was only going to do it for the summer and then come back for school. But at the end of summer, I had booked a sitcom that shot in LA. This is the Bill Angle Show? The Bill Angle Show. And then I was supposed to get... You're supposed to graduate, get homeschooled for your credits or whatever. But we We just left it.

Left it. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I don't believe it.

Who drove you to LA? Was it the photographer?

In a van?

In a van. My dad drove us in the black era from Kentucky to LA. Wow.

Why didn't we fly? We needed a car in LA.

We needed a car in LA. Okay. We did a perfect swap. We swapped our apartment in New York for somebody else's house in LA, and it was just a Craigslist situation.

Oh, wow. They took- They sublet your apartment, you mean? Yeah.

Then we take their house.

It's just a bunch of gypsies just running around the country chasing an artistic dream. I love it. I know.

It's like rehearsal season 2. Yeah. It's like, this guy is going to fly you on a camera. He's like, how many people said no? He's like, no button. He's like, actors, dude. Yeah. Such intense dreamer.

I saw that. That was good.

We will be right back. Now, back to the show.

You got to tell me, you're still forth… This is months after this Union Square moment. Months later, you book a sitcom, pretty early on.

Do we know the sitcom, or was it just a pilot?

Bill Angville.

It was called the Bill Angville Show. It didn't do very well. I mean, it came out on TBS, and I got a steady paycheck for a while. I mean, for two years, two and a half years. Then I booked Winter's Bone on the hiatus of that show, and then the show got canceled, which was perfect timing.

But so this first- And just the rain canceling our show.

It was just like, Oh, it's just like the rain.

It's a blessing. It was just like the rain.

Looking down.

But this first exposure to acting and stuff, it felt like an early fit. This was something that it was comfortable. This is something I want to do the rest of my life.

It was so comfortable that I found ways. I thought it had to be harder. I I remember I would read an audition, I would read sides, and I'd be like, Well, this is how a normal person would say it. Then so I would change that and be like, So maybe I will say it like this.

That's really interesting, though, because people do I don't know.

I feel like some people that give performances will get nominations. Then other people that just do naturalistic, just disappear, let the story take over, don't really get as much attention as the flashy performance actor. You're so naturalistic, yet you are incredibly well, what would you call, awarded, nominated? I recognize. I recognize. Thank you. I'm sick, you guys. I love that. But do you think that maybe that's because you didn't go to acting school and learn how to act?

You know? My mom took me to some guy, the agency. Don't worry, it doesn't end like that. But my mom took me to this guy that this agency told me to meet to help me act or whatever. And he told my mom, Don't put her in any acting lessons. Don't do that. That guy, randomly, is Taylor Sheridan.

Oh, wow.

Isn't that weird?

Wait, what?

Isn't that crazy? That's amazing. I guess he was an acting teacher or something back in the day. That's crazy. Wait.

I feel like he was an… I think his story is that he actor, right? Then started writing and wrote- Sicario.

Sicario. That was around for a while. Yeah, it's great. Denny found it. Remember he told that story? He found it. It was like, Wait, this is the greatest script I've ever read.

For Tracy, just so she knows, Taylor Sheridan created Yellow I feel like Tracy doesn't need any help on that one.

Yeah.

Well, she may. She may.

She may, Sean. He was also teaching acting. That's amazing. I love that note. Don't take her to acting school. She'll learn how to act. What a great piece of advice that was because you don't do that. You're very easy to watch, Mrs. Thank you.

Wow. Taylor Sheridan was the guy. Have you guys ever talked about doing something? Was there any follow-up to that relationship or no? It was just that brief period, and then you moved on.

No, just that brief period.

You haven't run into him since?

No, we met up about another project, but we didn't talk about it because I don't know if we even made the connection. Somebody made the connection for me when I was doing a Q&A for a movie two or three years ago. Oh, no way.

We just might not even know.

He might not even remember that connection.

Oh, yeah. I mean, why would he? I was just like a little kid.

Let's get him on the horn. Yeah.

Okay.

That's why. All right, so the acting is comfortable. You're getting some good... You're getting good jobs. You get winter's bone, and winter's bone gets so-Shon would give anything to have a winter's bone.

What do you do? Yeah. Don't give anything. Don't give anything.

Because your bear goes into hibernation during the winter, right, Shani?

Yeah, exactly. We got it right there.

It's not until spring. That little cub.

That little cub doesn't come back with a bone until spring.

They're so proud of themselves. They're like, Oh.

They want the Winter's Bone.

It's so fun. It's so fun. Now we're cooking with the cast.

Good bit, guys. Wait, so, Jen, so now Winter's Bone comes out. Everybody loves Jennifer Lawrence. Yes. It looks like we've got a career ahead of us, and now it's we really don't need to do the school thing. That was already decided, but now this solidified it, right?

Yeah. Well, then by then, I still feel this way. I still feel overwhelmed. When I hear that somebody graduated or something, I have envy of the organization of even just having the credits or knowing how to... I wouldn't even know where to get started. I think I would have to start from sixth grade or something. Whatever. I don't have to do it. I get anxiety randomly that I'll have to do it.

But you don't have any regrets about missing out on it?

I did. Now, I don't. But I was really lonely. I didn't have any social life as a kid. I don't have any friends as a teenager. Really? Yeah.

But did you ever have to go to school on set?

Were you emancipated? No, that's why we did it, I think, because you have to pay. If you're not emancipated, emancipated, then they have to pay for a tutor for you if you're underage. Our way of making me enticing, I think, was that we said I had a GED, so we didn't need the onset tutor. I was an inexpensive minor My mom had my boyfriend at the time print out a GED or a diploma or something on Microsoft Word. It's not like a studio was going to be like, Hey, let's check this out. Let's check this out.

It was fake.

It was fake. It was fake GED?

Yeah, it was God, I love this family.

This family is incredible.

You should see us at Christmas. We really rip.

All right, but now because I don't know.

My mom, one time, I brought a British boyfriend home, and they had in celebration of me coming home, roasted a pig on a spit. My boyfriend was very fancy, and I don't think wanted to eat it, but was being polite and was eating it. My mom was like, When I saw that naked pig on the spit, I couldn't help myself. I leaned right in and gave it a kiss. Wouldn't you know it, two weeks later, I got ring worm.

No way.

Must meet your mom.

Oh, my gosh.

But I don't have a high school diploma either, and I get very, very jealous of people that are in college that are listening to professors give lectures.

But that's why- But it's so funny because then I hear both you, Jay and you, Jennifer, talk about that. Sorry, Jen.

It's okay. I like that we all... Okay, S-H.

Yeah. Yeah, I know. That... I know, that's my initials are... What was I going to say? That from your perspective, you were like, Oh, my God, I'm so jealous of people who went to college. But as a kid who wanted to act when I was really young, I was envious of you guys. I was like, Oh, that seems-But are you envious now?

Yeah, not really.

I like my experience quite a lot.

You did. I mean, you're a hill topper for life, obviously. That's right.

That's That's what the T-shirt says, if it's cool.

Jb, I didn't realize that we had so much in common like this.

What was your way to self-educate? Mine was watching Charlie Rosen and trying to read newspapers.

Yeah, I watched a lot of the History channel and Animal Planet. I would go to the library, but I didn't have a library card. My family, we just weren't organized. We didn't pay for things. So I would go, but then I would just read about like...

God, you'd sneak in.

Magic. About magic?

I'm going to get a degree in magic.

I'm even left to my own devices.

I'm going to cast cells. Jen, have you continued on the legacy of chaos in your own family moving forward? Do you keep a a healthy dose of chaos?

That's such a good question. I married somebody who is the opposite of me. He is so organized.

He's He's an anchor.

He's an anchor. Everything's ordered. Everything is ordered on the sink. I have to keep the closet doors closed. I have my little jobs that I work really hard to do.

What's the thing you just can't fucking do, God damn it, and he gets after you all the time. Jen, what's the matter with you? Why can't you blank?

I know. The schedule. Our kids... I mean, I get it I get it, but they're on a very strict schedule. It's like breakfast 7: 30. I don't know the rest of it. He does most of that. Well, he just keeps- He's good at keeping the time. Yeah, he's good at keeping it, but we've learned to keep our marriage alive. I have a 15-minute wiggle room. Because I just- Otherwise, you can't be held to the precise times, otherwise the marriage is going to suffer. Yeah, because I can't. I will... Yeah, I'm ADD, and I think I should go to occupational therapy for that. But is anybody here ADD?

I think I am, or I'm obsessive compulsive a little bit, or at least about being on time. I'm usually on time, but I'm never early because I feel like if I get someplace early, I'm wasting that amount of time because nothing's going to happen until it's supposed to happen.

I don't know. I have to be on time or I get anxious. But what I do is I picture what is happening, like the day is, where it's going to be, where everything's happening. None of that is confirmed or real. But my imagination about it is so strong. Like yesterday, we were going to the circus. We were going to go to the circus at 11: 00. I didn't buy tickets. And then the next thing I knew, I looked at my phone and I was building a snowman with my son in the backyard and it was 12: 30. And the circus was at 11: 00. Like stuff like that. It's just pretty toxic.

Because you didn't see on the schedule or because why?

I do follow the schedule. I am capable of doing that, but when I mess up, those are the mess ups.

Yeah.

But doesn't your... How about the iPhone was such... It used to be just in a sea of Post-its before the iPhone. I couldn't remember anything. I was always missing appointments. But now the iPhone with the little alarm situation, the little calendar.

It doesn't work for me. Watch this. I tried it last night. Siri, tell me I'm beautiful in one hour. I don't see I'm beautiful in your contacts. It just never does it.

See?

Yeah, I get it. Then it'll just call my trainer.

Because it wants to help you get beautiful.

Listen.

Yeah, it's very instinctual.

What about a nice assistant? Let's get you a nice assistant or two.

I have the best. I love my assistance. But it's really hard what I put them through. It's not that bad. I mean, my God, I'm a mother. My kids get to school for a long time.

Now, okay, so everything's cruising along and it's feeling winter's bone happens. And then- Winter's bone happens?

No, it wasn't exactly like that. I got nominated But it was an indie, and I still felt like I was going to just be an indie actress because I had started a couple of other things that were small, and I had gotten little awards for them, like two other jobs.

But you still have an indie vibe in the best way. I mean that as a compliment.

I take it as a compliment. Thank you. You do. I was like, Yeah, this is going to be... I'm right on track. I'm going to be like the indie lady. Then I auditioned for the Hunger Games. And then when I booked the Hunger Games, it was the same season as award season for... No, wait. That was Silver Linings. I got famous just from booking Hunger Games.

And then-Oh, because the people who were fans of the book were like, Oh, she's going to be... Yeah.

Because I used to do the Santa Monica Stairs. And I remember being like, I don't think I can do the Santa Monica Stairs anymore.

I'm too famous. Then were you reluctant to take that part because you thought it was going to be too...

Yeah, I thought it was going to... Yeah, twilight had come out and it was like, holy fucking shit. There were helicopter pictures of them just trying to live in a guest house, and it just didn't seem like a nice life. I I had a good situation. I had enough money for what I... And I could do what I wanted. I didn't know if it was going to be worth it. Exciting, but maybe not ultimately worth it. And I was always focused on my future being a mom. And so I was like, I picture myself being a soccer mom with a minivan. And what if I can't do that because there's like, I'm like a Kim Kardashian or something. But I thought about it, and then I said yes, and I don't regret it.

But wait, before you said yes, take us through the the deliberation process. Did you reach out? Was it agents, parents, friends, or all the above that helped you come to that decision, or was it just you running up the Santa Monica stairs and figuring it out?

It was just me running up the Santa Monica stairs because there's not really anybody that can help you. Mostly everybody's like, Are you insane? You have to say yes to that. You're going to regret that for the of your life. Then taking time to think about, I knew that I'd be connected to that character forever, which isn't good or bad. It was just something to think about. I ultimately, I'm so happy about that. I love that. I love that. I know.

Isn't the new one about to come out?

I'm still connected to that.

All these years later?

Oh my God. Yeah. Isn't it funny, too? Like, you as an actor, you work towards becoming successful, and then you have That's exactly what you're talking about, the struggle of, well, I know this is going to be successful. Do I associate myself with that? But that's the thing we want. We want to be... Anybody wants to be successful in any job they do.

I know. But our job It was very closely connected with our lives. I mean, I guess everybody's is.

You say yes to the thingy at the Hunger Games, and then you get the nomination.

And then my saying yes happened That was announced in the same season as Award Season for Silver Lining's Playbook, which I was winning all of those awards leading up to that you win before you win the Big Daddy. I became the most famous person in the world.

And I was so...

Yeah, it was fast.

Tell me, honest ratio between excitement and panic.

Oh, God, I don't know because they blend.

It must have been exciting for a second.

It was very exciting. It was so exciting. But I was also working, really, the whole time. During that era, I didn't have more than two weeks off in five years. When I was going to the awards things, when I won, I was shooting Catching Fire. I was flying in and out to go to a party and then landing at 4: 00 in the morning and then going to set for the hunger games at 7: 00 in the morning. I don't think I ever got... By the time I finished the Hunger Games, I came back to the condo that I lived in when I was a teenager because I just didn't live anywhere.

It was probably a great distraction to The craziness was a distraction to not absorb everything.

I lived with my best friend, so that was nice. That definitely stopped me from getting full of myself.

But when the music stopped, when you came back to the condo after all that time, did you feel like, Oh, my Did it feel like such a big part of your life had just gone by?

You can't go to Starbucks anymore. All that stuff started to really…

Did it feel like a time warp? Yeah.

But you know what? It was like, I am a homebody, and I realized that I could use this to my advantage. That was cool. I can just be like, Oh, I can't come to your party. I'm too famous. I can't leave the house.

Like being pregnant, right? You can just say, Oh, yeah, no, I got to go. I got to leave early.

Like being Are you pregnant?

Well, yeah, my wife and I- Do you do that when your wife is pregnant? Yeah. It's a great way to get out of a party early or you have the baby at home. Oh, yeah.

Now with kids, you don't have to do anything.

Sean still does it with his dog Ricky.

Sean does it all the time. He's like, We got to get back to Ricky. We're like, At 7: 00 PM, you've been gone two hours.

Did you leave a bunch of food out?

No.

Do you not have kids?

We don't have kids, no, but we have a daughter.

But not human kids. You have such calm dad energy.

I know. You know what? It's because I didn't have one. That's another podcast, but yeah, because I didn't have one. I have a fantasy of being a dad because of the way I wasn't fathered. But then we've had this conversation so many times about...

I've written three jokes since you've been talking about just driving fast, about stick shift.

Go ahead, keep going. But I always said, Neither me or Scotty, my husband, is 100% wanting kids. I was like, if he was 100%, I was like, Oh, my God, I want them. Then I'd be like, Great, let's do it. But we're both like 85. No, you made the right call. It's not fair to the kid.

I do feel, though, that during the nine months it takes to make a baby, it helps. That's a useful time for parents to get their head around becoming parents. So take that for what it's worth.

That was-It's not very much. I don't know. Whenever anybody tells me, I'm not sure, I'm like, Don't do it. Because I feel it's so weird that people are like, Oh, you don't have kids? You don't have kids? And then when you have a kid, you're like, What the fuck? Everybody should have been like, when I said it should have been one out of a thousand people that goes, Okay, I think I'm going to do it. Everybody's like, Are you sure? That's the way it should be.

It doesn't help. Like I said this, too. It doesn't help while somebody's rocking their screaming baby behind their back, they go, Don't have kids. You I'm like, okay, well, I've seen that enough.

It's just bits. We're doing bits. It's just bits. We're doing bits. It's just bits.

We'll be right back. Now, back to the show.

But speaking of babies, now, Jen, are you the soccer mom that you were dreaming about? Are you tempted to- I'm an ice hockey mom. No way.

Really? I never saw that coming in Kentucky. I'm an ice hockey mom.

Wait, the four-year-old Is he playing ice hockey?

Yeah.

Or is it dad?

No. The four-year-old.

Yeah?

Yeah. That's a cool one. My husband played hockey growing up, and he's... That's so hot when they play hockey together in the It's like it really turns me on.

Is he Canadian?

No. Well, almost. Vermont.

Okay, good. Yeah, we love hockey. Hockey is my sport.

What about that? Has that hockey gear started smelling yet on the four-year-old? Because the hockey gear is bad.

No. He told me I had to brush my teeth yesterday.

Oh, your husband?

My four-year-old. He was like, You should brush your teeth, mommy.

Yeah, they'll tell you straight.

I used to have to bring my hockey equipment in the side and had to take it to the basement because it smelled so bad. The hockey bag is the worst. My mom would be like, it had to be-I don't have that yet. It had to keep it in the boiler room at the house because it smelled so bad.

Wait, but, Jen, don't you just want to-What do you do about that?

Baking something?

Nothing. It just is what it is.

You go buy new stuff.

A, are you Canadian Are you Canadian?

I'm Canadian, yeah.

Oh.

Boy.

Yeah, that'll stop. We'll tighten everything.

That really landed.

I'm tempted to just not ever work again and just be Home with kids. Tempted? Yeah.

I identify as a stay-at-home mom. Yeah. But I am, obviously.

When he says Home with Kids, he means on the golf course. But listen- No, I've actually lost my passion for that lately.

I don't know what's going on. I know. Same here.

You're just sick.

You'll get it back. I know. You're just sick.

Yeah. But I love not doing anything. Right now, listener, we're in the holidays right now. This will air later. But The two weeks around Christmas and New Year's, I just love that there's nothing to do except just stay in your PJs, make a fire, and watch movies.

I love that. Yeah, nothing's required.

I'm not used to being busy like this. I normally I have a busy three months while I'm filming. But even in that sense, it's calm because there is nothing else to do. I just go to work. I do that. I come home, I sleep, and then I do it again. Then two weeks while you promote it is hectic. But something like this where I'm doing the...

I don't know. Right. So right now you're doing some campaigning and it's busy. You got to do a bunch of stuff like this. How do you like doing... Do you like doing stuff like this? I like doing stuff like this.

This is a fun conversation with interesting people.

Right. As opposed to doing-When do they get here?

But Q&A. A Q&A that starts at 9: 00, 9: 00 PM?

Yeah. Oh, after the screening.

How do you stay awake? What time do you go to bed? I have half an eye open at 8: 30.

Oh, I am in bed. Kindle is lit until 9: 15. Then I don't even have Kindle light on normally by 9: 15.

So Kindle will put you to sleep? Yeah. Or reading puts you to sleep?

Yeah.

Yeah, Will's a big reader.

You know, that's true. The older you get, I went to a couple of parties that started at 8: 00 at night. I'm like, Who starts a party at 8: 00?

Well, that one this weekend that I couldn't go to started at 8: 00. What time did you get there?

I got there right at 8: 00.

Right at 8: 00, so you could leave at 8: 30?

I was planning on going to a Christmas party tomorrow, but it starts at 9: 00.

Yeah, what?

That's rude.

You know, all that means is that we're going to be drinking a lot. When you set your time start at 9: 00, that means it's going to be a lot of booze.

You can't be hung over with a nine-month-old. No. A three-year-old is just not an option.

Wait, Jen, when you were imitating your mom, that was so funny, and she has that Southern drawl or twang or whatever, did you have that and Did you get rid of it or did you never have it?

No, I had it and got rid of it. I listened to CDs. I remember CDs.

Come on, really?

Did you really?

I did, but my agency gave me CDs, and I listened to them, and I did them and repeated all of the things. But I think that probably just time.

Time, yeah. Time in Los Angeles.

Especially that young 14, 15, you just start sounding like your surroundings.

Yeah, I got rid of my Canadian accent the same way.

When?

Get out, Sean.

How dare you. You just said A, and I think a boat. A boat. What part of Canada? I've worked there, so I know all the provinces.

Toronto.

Oh, okay. Yeah. Cool. Big city guy.

Yeah, I'm a big city dude. That's my cross to me.

I'm more familiar with the Quebec region.

Okay. Is that Montreal? That's Montreal. That's Montreal. That's Montreal. That's Montreal. Montreal is in Quebec. Montreal is in Quebec. Yeah. Here's a question I know Sean's going to love.

You joke that you once fan girl too hard on meeting Jack Nicholson. What is your most recent embarrassing celebrity encounter?

I think I like, frightened Draco Malfoy. What's his name? Tom Feldman. Yeah, really? We were doing Fallon. You know how dark it is in When you're behind the curtain or whatever, it's so dark on the link shows. I had finished and was walking out. He was going to go on after me, and I just was like,. I was scared of him.

Really? Yeah. Because you fanned out. I know it's wild when you run into people that stuck with you because of a film when you were growing up or whatever, and you finally see them. Yeah.

I know. Then it's just like you say that you love them so much, and then they're nice, and then it just stops. Yeah. The conversation just stopped.

I know. I just ran into Molly Ringwald a year ago. I was like, Oh, my God.

Nathan Felder, I saw. He was at a party, and I tried to keep... I think I kept my cool, but yeah.

I had the same thing with him. I said that he was the best and I was such a big fan. And he was like, Oh, my gosh. Thank you. End of conversation.

Nathan Fielder and Larry David, they're intense because it's their brain that you are so You like their personality and their brain, not just what they do. If they don't like me, then why would I like me?

I know. You want to get in there. We're billing by the hour.

Oh, my God, this is so revelatory.

I want their approval.

All right, here's another spicy hot question. On Hot Ones, you confess to eating weird snacks on set. What is your all time strangest on set food combo that you now secretly stand by?

I have no idea what that means. It's a weird on set. I just eat what's at Crafty. Right, exactly. My brothers used to think that my breakfasts were gross. I would have Campbell's chicken noodle soup and tuna salad.

I get it.

Okay. Wow.

Sean, pump the brakes.

How did you do hot ones?

That sounds delicious.

Sean just stood up.

I did hot one just recently myself. How did you do, Willy?

Did you get all the way through it?

If I'm being honest, I was reluctant to do it because I don't like eating. I don't like hot sauce. Me neither. I'm like, Okay, here we go. Then they go, Bayman was just on, and he made it all the way through.

But I was loaded up with Pepto and Tums. Oh, I had ice cream.

Oh, I threw up.

You did?

Yeah.

Wait, is it true that milk really helps that?

Yes, milk helps. Really? It did help. But the third to last one, I forget it was called the Bomb or something like that. It was so ridiculous. I was rubbing the ice cream on my lips because I thought that my lips were going to come off. That sounds gross.

It's like a dream. No, it's truly frightening when it It's overwhelming. It was rough. How am I going to handle this?

When did you throw up? On the set there or when you got home?

No. The only thing that soothed the burning was chugging icewater. I think what happened was I drank so much icewater that I threw up.

Wow. This is the torture we put ourselves through to sell our product. But actually, it was pretty fun. It was fun.

He's a great-I like him. He's a super nice guy. I like him.

He's a very good interviewer.

Very good questions.

By the way, the questions are really good, and they're really from out of It made me laugh a couple of times how out of left field-Yeah, they are from left field. And you're struggling with your mouth is on fire.

I love how dry and robotic he is, too. It's fucking serious business.

Is he eating with you?

Yes.

He's a robot. He just doesn't react. Not as much because he's used to it.

He's just used to it. Yeah, he's used to it.

He's made of titanium.

It's insane. He actually mirrors you. What I found, he eats the same way that you do. He takes the same size bites that you do. I guess there's comfort in that. It's almost like he's in it with you.

Yeah.

Did you take just- That poor guy, he said whenever he goes to restaurants, people send him chicken wings. Oh, boy.

And he obviously gets him chicken wings.

Sean Dream. Yeah.

Send him over here.

All right, what about this? If Fame disappeared tomorrow, Jen, what is the first thing that you would go out and do that you can't do now because of getting recognized?

Oh, I don't. That doesn't really apply. I just do stuff.

Will you do Disneyland?

Yeah, but I'll do Disney.

I'll do it. You just rush it. Then so then what happens- I just rush it. What happens if a big crowd starts to gather around you and everybody wants a picture on their iPhones? Do you indulge?

No, it never happens. I would just leave. I think that bringing a big security guard and wearing a hat and all that stuff, that-attracts attention. But for the most part, I just get people looking at me sideways being like, She looks like that person.

Yeah, you don't want to invite it.

I would just do You don't want to invite it.

I remember hearing a guy told me once, this is not related. I can't believe I'm making this connection. But riding your bike in the city that don't wear a helmet because, again, this is a terrible analogy, but I can't bail them too deep. When you wear a helmet, you say to the other drivers that you're part of the system, that you're just another vehicle. But if you don't have a helmet that you recognize as a human. So when I ride my bike in the city, I never wear a helmet.

Sounds like Thoreau again.

You know who said it? Lauren Michiels, who's never been in a bike in the city in his life. But he once said that to me.

Did he deliver it like it was a good joke or did he deliver it serious as a hard task?

No, he meant it. No, he said, Wouldn't you put a helmet on? You're telling the other vehicles that you're in the game. Because I was considering starting to wear a helmet. He said, Don't do it. He advised me, Lauren.

If you don't have a helmet on, then they'll be more careful around you, right? That's right.

Because they see that you're a human being.

That makes sense. I don't know why, but I find it weird when Canadians are funny.

Because there's so many of them that are funny.

Well, there's Jim Carrey.

There's Jim. There's Martin Short. There's Mike Meyer.

Martin Short is another funny.

Martin Short is, of course. Of course. Once you find out somebody's Canadian, you're like, Of course. I don't know what it is. John Candy?

Marty Short might be one of the titles.

John Candy is Canadian? Of course. John Candy definitely seems like he's from Chicago.

Well, we know No way.

We were just talking about playing straights in Bournabuels. Canada has a deep bench, if I can tell you. Deep bench? Of funny people. Oh, a funny people. That's a hockey analogy, like a bench.

I guess I just like, to me, there's no trauma in Canada. It's like you have free health care. No stress at all. Your taxes pay for public school.

Everybody's so nice.

We got so much trouble. I feel like humor is formed from suffering. Maybe you're cold.

We just suck it up.

Wait, before we let her go, God damn it, we're in the last minute. We haven't even talked about the thing. Let's talk. I want to talk. Lynn Ramsey is one of my favorite directors ever. Can you please... Okay, so Die My Love, right? Yes? Yeah. That's the film. It's incredible. Saw it. Love it. Can you tell us anything about what I'm assuming was a magical experience with Lynn Ramsey?

Yeah, it really was. It started before we got on set, she just started talking about this and then writing these scenes. It wasn't necessarily in chronological order, which was funky and cool. Then we got to Canada. It was Calgary, which was in-where if that was?

It was beautiful.

It was the Ottawa province.

No, Alberta is.

Alberta.

I'm here for all your Canadian questions.

Yeah, thank you. You're welcome. It was just really cool and great. She's just extremely instinctual. It's like Exactly what you want to have when you're working with an auteur like that.

She's so- You were incredible in that. And so was Robert Patty. I can't wait to see it. The movie's so great. I can't wait to see it. It's just beautiful, too.

I can't wait to see it before, Sean.

I already saw it. Really? Do you have a top movie of all time for you or top two?

Oh, Sean. Well, now, I mean, One Battle After Another was my favorite movie I've ever seen.

That's incredible. What about... Wait, you're a reality TV fan. Do you watch any of those with your husband? He doesn't get near him?

He got near I've been in the pump for a while, but now I lost him. But yeah, I watch Southern Charm, Real Housewise of Salt Lake, and Real Housewise of Beverly Hills now.

What about Below Deck? Do we go Below Deck at all?

I can't watch Below Deck because I cannot understand the different franchises of them. It's too confusing. I don't ever know which one is current. Is it Below Deck, Below Deck Med, Below Deck Australia? I don't know which one's happening now.

You got to be clear on those. You have to. It can't be confusion when you're in the Below Deck universe. Exactly.

Exactly. Do you ever watch Traitors?

What happens if I confuse-What would happen? What region I'm in? I'm clearly passionate about provinces.

Sean, what was that? You're describing chaos. Do you ever watch Traitors?

Traitors.

Oh, wait, that's the one that was just in England, right?

Yeah, it's so good.

Where they play Mafia, basically, J. B, where they play Mafia.

And they're doing that in the States now, too.

Remember last year at New Year's, how much we played Mafia every night?

You were great at it.

I had to run it every night because everybody else… It's so I couldn't even play. I had to run it every night.

It wouldn't have lasted without you. You were our beacon.

Do you guys ever do bowls?

Boles? What is it?

Salad bowls. What's that? Everybody writes down something that's familiar to everybody. Everybody would get it. Like, Spider-Man, Donald Trump, like cheese. Then you put them. Then there's like stage one, which is you can say a full sentence just without that word. Then the second, you can just say one word. Then the third is charade.

Some people call it celebrity, or what do they call it?

It has a different name for everybody.

That sounds very good. The first round, you get one sentence to describe it. Then you put them all back in the bowl. In the second round, one word. It's always the same. One word.

Then you started getting these inside jokes with... It's just the same.

It's very funny.

Shani, you used to have great game nights. What happened?

What's going on? Too much.

I love game nights.

I see a lot of people do it.

Too much to host. Yeah, it's too much to organize.

Let's get on down to Jamie and Nico's house and just fire up a big fat game night.

Oh, yeah.

I'll fly in.

It's game nights always happen where people are into it and then you start it and then people fall out because they get bored and then it's-Yeah, that's the bummer.

I'm going to start doing Mahnjan with my girls on Thursday.

I love Mahnjan.

Really? I don't know how to play yet, but we're going to learn.

It's just a matching game. Is that the one with the tiles?

Yeah, you just match the tiles. That's it.

Oh.

Match the tiles. That's it. Those are the rules.

Really?

Yeah, that's all.

It's all too much of a commitment.

Yeah, too much. All right. Jennifer.

Jen. Jb.

Thank you.

Sean.

Will. Next time you're out here-Will's shirt. Doing your things. Thank you. Let us know, and we'll play some Mahjong and some bowls.

We'll do a game night at Sean's.

We'll do some bowls. Sean's going to do some Pictionary.

Sean, I'll help you organize, and I'll come early, and we can set up appetizers and stuff.

Yeah, right? Crue detainge bullshit.

They're already out. The appetizers are already out.

Pop Tarts just in a row.

Sure. Jenn, thank you very much for doing that. Thank you. Thank you, guys.

So nice to finally meet you.

Jennifer Lawrence.

This is lovely. Thank you for having me.

All right. Have a great rest of the day and have a great holiday. All right.

Thank you. Bye. Bye, guys.

Bye, bye, bye.

Bye. Bye, J.

That's Jennifer Lawrence.

That's Jennifer was supposed to be on the big stage at the Hollywood Bowl. I know. She got rained out. We got to reschedule that. Then we had her, and then we just had her on here, which was great.

I know. When I found out that, so it was like after it got canceled, I was like, Oh, it was Jennifer Lawrence. I was so excited. Here she is.

Now, did you You guys did not know it was her leading up to it?

No.

I had no idea. I knew it was going to be Jeremy Allen White a week beforehand. You did? Oh, right. Because his agent mentioned it at something I was at. Oh, right. But But listen, not his fault. Happens all the time. Yeah, of course. But yeah, that would have been a fun night.

I can't believe it took us so long to have her on the- I know.

She's one of those like, oh.

On the peak. I know. She's like-She was on my list, too.

Yeah. She's fantastic.

She is. A lot of success quickly, but she handles it well.

Very well. She's done so many great things.

She's been so good in so many things. She's been in a movie every year for the last 20 years. I was looking on her thing every single year. Is It's been released. Is that right? Yeah. Is that right?

Yeah.

Die My Love is out now. Then the hunger games, next hunger game thing, I think is coming out middle of next year. How about that?

You know it.

You know what? Go ahead, Sean.

You know what? Die My Love is coming out. Thank God. I mean, it's a good title. Thank God it wasn't titled. My My Love.

That's exactly what I was going to do.

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