November 20th, 2012
04:00 PM ET

Jennifer Lawrence is so not a method actress

Jennifer Lawrence isn't the sort of actress who has a hard time stepping out of character once she's finished wrapping a project.

“No, I’m not method at all," Lawrence told us of her post-"Catching Fire" experience at the Monday premiere of her new movie, "Silver Linings Playbook." "As soon as they call 'cut,' I’m thinking about food and moving on."

Her entry into "Silver Linings Playbook" wasn't as smooth, however, as the 22-year-old actress told us that she was initially "overwhelmed" to work with director David O. Russell.

"I’m the biggest fan and love everything that he does," she said. "I was overwhelmed with the entire thing. And then the cast ... Bradley [Cooper], and [Robert] De Niro, and Jacki Weaver - the whole thing was amazing!"

Lawrence stars as Tiffany in the critically praised film, serving as the similarly disturbed friend to Cooper's Pat, who at the start of the film has just exited a mental institution. The subject matter may be on the dark side, but Russell balanced it with plenty of laughs, as evidenced by the trailer alone.

"I tried to be like a sponge and just soak up everything," Lawrence said. "Bradley is one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with and, obviously, I was with De Niro and there was just so much to learn.”

Funnily enough, Cooper almost didn't sign on to the project, had it not been for their co-star De Niro.

"David [O. Russell] and I had met about another project," Cooper told us at the premiere. "When this role became available, he called me. I already read it, but I didn't think I was right for it. I was scared, and then Robet De Niro was already attached and he championed for me to get it. And so I owe a lot of it to Robert De Niro, and that's how it happened."


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  2. Frank

    Wow! I have never seen so much ingnorance in one site! Definitely getting a 2nd Oscar Nomination at 22 years old...Ya, she's a lousy actress, because she's not Method! Happy trolling!

    November 22, 2012 at 11:33 am | Report abuse | Reply
  3. Mike

    That just means u suck as an actress......

    November 21, 2012 at 3:14 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. don't say that

    we do not wish death upon people..that's fresh.

    November 21, 2012 at 10:04 am | Report abuse | Reply
  5. hey idiot

    Y dont u die already

    November 21, 2012 at 9:36 am | Report abuse | Reply
  6. tightandright

    i use a sponge when i wash my bukkake-

    November 21, 2012 at 9:18 am | Report abuse | Reply
  7. Rock

    "I tried to be like a sponge and just soak up everything," – like producer sppooge?

    November 21, 2012 at 8:55 am | Report abuse | Reply
  8. Zack

    i'd love this women representing me as my wife wouldn't you?

    s

    November 21, 2012 at 7:10 am | Report abuse | Reply
  9. her i is

    stoopid

    November 21, 2012 at 7:02 am | Report abuse | Reply
  10. Nothing like going out

    when your hungry

    November 21, 2012 at 6:58 am | Report abuse | Reply
  11. get off my computer

    its not her..she's in work already

    November 21, 2012 at 6:57 am | Report abuse | Reply
  12. got it

    ***

    November 21, 2012 at 6:47 am | Report abuse | Reply
  13. keep deleting

    and they go back in. bye

    November 21, 2012 at 6:45 am | Report abuse | Reply
  14. How's the diet going?

    -

    November 21, 2012 at 6:36 am | Report abuse | Reply
  15. Emma

    That sure isn't a good picture of her. Where is her now and arrow thing?

    November 21, 2012 at 5:52 am | Report abuse | Reply
  16. Jane Nancy Stevens

    when i'm hungry i go "out".

    November 20, 2012 at 7:04 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  17. Bill Wry the Commentor Guy

    You mean she didn't starve herself for the Hunger Games. What type of half-fast acting is that?

    November 20, 2012 at 6:59 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Dash

      half-fast? Less fast? What kind of half-assed comment is that?

      November 25, 2012 at 1:55 pm | Report abuse |

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