Jennifer Lawrence: 'I Always Knew I'd Be Famous'
Jennifer Lawrence, star of the "Hunger Games" franchise, always felt different and knew that she had different goals than her peers. In a new interview, Lawrence revealed that she "always knew" that one day she would be famous and now wants nothing more than to go back to being normal and spending time with her family.
"I've never said this before, because there is no way to say it without it being completely misunderstood, but ever since I was really little, I always had a very normal idea of what I wanted: I was going to be a mom and I was going to be a doctor and I was going to live in Kentucky. But I always knew that I was going to be famous," Lawrence told Vogue magazine.
"I honest to God don't know how else to describe it. I used to lie in bed and wonder, 'Am I going to be a local TV person? Am I going to be a motivational speaker?' It wasn't a vision. But as it's kind of happening, you have this buried understanding: of course," Lawrence continued.
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Ever since appearing in "Winter's Bone" in 2010, Lawrence's career has been white-hot. She won the lead role in "Hunger Games," which only furthered her launch into stardom and made her a household name. While many young women would be thrilled with the name recognition and A-list status, Lawrence describes it as feeling "like a monkey in a zoo."
Lawrence is grateful for the opportunities she has been given and is proud of the work that she has done. However, that doesn't mean that she is completely comfortable being on the covers of magazines, being followed by paparazzi, and having to give up her privacy and time with family.
"I teeter on seeming ungrateful when I talk about this, but I'm kind of going through a meltdown about it lately. All of a sudden the entire world feels entitled to know everything about me, including what I'm doing on weekends when I'm spending time with my nephew. And I don't have the right to say, 'I'm with my family,'" Lawrence said.
"I am just a normal girl and a human being and I haven't been in this long enough to feel like this is my new normal," Lawrence explained. "I'm not going to find peace with it."
