"Jennifer Lawrence"

(upbeat music) - Good morning. - Hi. - Jinks, buy me a Coke. Do you know, do you drink Coke? Do you even have no to Coke? - No, I don't, and what is that? Hang on a second. Jinks, buy me a Coke? That's the thing. 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. I'm either of those instances, did I hear that phrase? - Welcome to "Smartless." (upbeat music) - Hey, Sean. Sean, you got up a little early today and did your hair, huh? - Well, it slept over from last night. - But I got it. - Did you sleep in a bonnet? - No. - Did you just-- - You know my daughters? - My daughters both sleep in bonnets now so their hair wakes up nice and fresh. - Really? - Yeah. - Yeah, I don't think so. - It's like silky satin bonnets. - Like a night shirt in a bonnet when they walk around with a candle. - A candle? - Yeah, it's like a fridge. - Yeah. (laughing) - Oh. - Oh, Jesus. - Oh, Lord. - He is, yeah. - Yeah, I'm fucking sick still. - Yeah. - How about I got a two colds in two weeks? - I know, I can't believe that. - I've got Theraflue going right now. - I did that same thing, Jimmy, which I'm about yesterday. I had three colds since October. And they just went back to back to back in 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 hungry. - Can Sean bring you something? - Yeah, I mean, sorry for-- - I mean, sorry for-- - No, he-- (laughing) - I get it. I know who's a caretaker here. - He did offer twice yesterday. - I know. - Such an angel. - Well, I mean, do you really want me to? - Well, no, 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. - Yeah, my sister. - Will, where are you, you in that light? - I'm in that light. - Yeah, it's so nice. Wait, so you wait, you're closer to me than Sean is, so you can bring me something. - I would love to. I would love to. And if I-- I'm just looking at my calendar now, I would love to. - Oh, Sean, I would love to. - You looking for sleeves for your shirt. - Today. - Yeah. - I know, says me. Listen, at least I'm wearing just because it's like gymwear, you know what I mean? I'm not like pulling a throw. - Are you guys bitches when you're sick? - Yes. - Yeah, I'm the worst. - All these are. - All these are. - I'm the worst. - I don't know. I think some guys can just kind of push through it. And me, I like cancel everything. I'm surprised I didn't get-- Well, I know why I didn't cancel this. Yeah, I know why I didn't cancel this. This has been canceled before. - I know you, I know I ran into somebody on the weekend, JB, and sorry, I'm hearing less gain from Rob for 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 like so good. - We're getting too much of you. And 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 'cause you were sick." - That part of me. - Yeah. - Yeah, I was supposed to go to a party with Shawnee. - Yeah. - And what else? - Oh, I was supposed to do some fricking press thingy, and I couldn't-- - It was a press. - And Amanda and Franny were in New York having fun. And me and Maple, Maple, she's the fucking dirty carrier that gave me this cold. (laughing) - I love when people get into, I love when people start to try to do like, who they got the cold from. - And it's like, we all just get it from you know what I mean? - I know, but it's her. - Amanda and I had just gotten over COVID. (laughing) - Remind us how Amanda 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 'cause your lips, your lips will tell you. You can't put your hand against it 'cause your hand is hot or cold, but what do I mean? - Your lips. - Yeah, if you rest your lips. The fourth thermometer is for sure that's what we did. - But for sure. - And I think I got it by doing that, putting lips against her, sweating forehead. - No, you can't get it from that. How do you get it? - You probably, she sneezed on her hand or something, she touched the surface and you touched the surface. - You just said, no, I'm with her. Who knows, and you both got it from somewhere else. I mean, what is she gonna, you gonna start to do? What are you gonna sue the person? - No, I know, I know. I remember that, remember that during COVID, everyone was like, who do you think they got it from? - I know, yeah, yeah. - Who do you think, yeah. - I don't know. - I like their fall. - 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 launch. - Oh, right. - What do you think about that? What do you think? - Oh, yeah. - What do you think? - Yeah, we got it. - Yeah. - All right. - Yeah. - Love it. - 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 gonna fucking pull up my bootstraps for this one, 'cause this is, this is, listen. Can I just say this for your, can I just say for your guest? Again, I want to reiterate, because you are such a baby. And the fact, no, I'm gonna say me. And the fact that you did do this is a real sign of respect to the guest, because knowing you and knowing how selfish you are, this is remarkable that you were able to sort of-- - This is a big deal for me. I don't like this person. - It's a big deal. - Yes, you must. - I know this person. - You must. - It's a tiny bit, but I want to know her more. Our guest today, this is the second youngest actress ever to win an Oscar, and 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 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. And 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, Lawrence, Maroni. - I don't live in my car. - You two live in your car, come on. - I've seen, are you referring to this TikTok? I've seen it. - Oh, no, really? - Oh, there's a TikTok that- - Or you're living in your car? - That my friend's nanny was like, it's like, Jennifer Lawrence, no matter how much wealth she has, she's never moved out of her first house, and she still drives her like the same car, but the car is like an old Buick. - Well, as well as trying to pull it up, I don't have TikTok. - I'm not, I'm not, I was putting my thing, I do not serve. - Hi, guys. - Hi. - Where are I listening to this podcast? I'm really excited to be on YouTube. - Do you really? - Okay, so I'm excited that you're here. - She was supposed to be, she was my guest for the bowl. - Yes, yes. - Yes, I know. I found out how excited were you, Jennifer, to get the cancel. - When it got canceled? - Yeah, just like the greatest call ever. It was for a person like me who likes to sit at home all day, when the rain came in. - Yeah. - It felt like a blessing, sure. - Yeah. - Yeah. - But I know that. - But I have, yeah. It seems like God was shining down on me. - Yeah. - Just the smart-less cast, I mean. - It would have been nice to be out there, how fun to be out there at the bowl. - Would you guys wouldn't get stage fright? Will you guys do this in front of audiences a lot? So you're used to having fun. - I would have been nervous. I would have been nervous. - You would have been nervous. - Yeah, that's a big deal, the bowl. - Is that a part of like you being like a little bitch? - I am a little bitch. - Oh, you were saying earlier. So you read it, I'm not mean. - 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 just some thorough. Is it from Thorough's target line? - He wishes. - He's got a new line of target, doesn't he? - He wishes he should have a line of target. (laughing) - Obviously, I thought you guys meant the row. - Oh no. - Like that from the row. - Oh, that would be a good way for him to market. - No row. - Yeah, yeah. - Yo, I was at the gym, I parted in 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, my first car. - If you had to live in a car, what kind of car do you think it would be? - Oh, good car. - Like a camper van. - Yeah, I, how about, he willy. I haven't talked to you about this. The new VW electric bus that you drive in your new movie. - It's rad. - Yeah, it's rad, yeah. - It's really cool. - That car was, like, 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 agency content. - I know. - And I'm thinking about my one day thing right now and thinking, what, we gotta cut this. But I think that thing falls. - I'm a Volvo gal myself. - Are you? - Wait, do you do the Volvo voice? - I see 90. - What? - No, you're not, you don't do the voice. - Oh no, I just drive a Volvo. - You drive? - I've got you. - See, I'm an Audi, Audi. No one's asking. - My husband's an Audi guy. - Is he? - Yeah. Well, this is what it's like to be one of the guys. - It's hard. - It's hard, isn't it? (laughing) - Yeah, but I would say to answer your question would be a GMC Yukon XL Denali, probably. - 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, like, kind of getting my attention. - Jennifer, I'm scolding you. - Jennifer. - Jennifer. - Yeah. - What about how cool that middle name Schrader is? - I like that. - Yeah, I didn't care about it growing up, but. - 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? (laughing) - Yeah. - It was my grandma's maiden name. - Oh, that's a great first name. - Because Jason isn't bothered to get to this. Where are you from? I don't know enough of that. - I'm getting it. - I don't know at all enough of that. - Oh, yes. - I want to know, I want to know. - Yes, yes. - Question. - Yes, yes. - Yes. I feel like this is kind of well. - And what 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 a winter bone, I think of you of being from like Missouri, or Appalachia, or whatever it is. That's in my mind, that's your clothes. - Well, you're great you are in that. - Oh, thank you. - So I'm gonna say you are from. I think you're talking well. - Can I just say where's Virginia? - You can. - So again, adjacent, Kentucky. All right? - Kentucky. - Oh, okay. - All right, how about that? - Yeah, and now she, 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 kind of roles you were gravitating? See, this is not what I need to do. I gotta read the questions first. And I gotta make them my own. Are we still rolling? - This is a loose operation. - Hey, hey, you're not wearing a shirt. - So you got two brothers, you got, you got. So, all right, so, but now, do you think, here's the way I would phrase a question. You all the roles that you play. - Fuck dude. - They do, you shut up. They have a, they have a, they have a sass to them. And do you think that the sass is in the part, or do you bring the sass to it? - Ah, thank you. - Oh, goodness. I mean, most of the time, yeah, it's, it's in the part. I recently saw Meryl Streep say a quote that was, you know, she seems like she knows what she's doing, but she was like, it's about like finding the similarities between the two of us and like bridging a gap. And I was like, okay, so that'll be my thing to know. - Right, well, but I feel like that, 'cause now I try to do that, mostly because I like you, I'm completely untrained, and it's all just sort of like, for me, I don't wanna make this about me, but we're gonna for a second. I kind of try to find what is the, what is the part of me that's closest to the part? And it seems like, 'cause I never catch you acting, that it seems like you're staying inside your goal posts, your the limits of what different parts of James is. - You have no limits, in my view, sorry. - Ah, yeah, you know, but with that, would that be fair? That maybe you were doing what Meryl was talking about, and she just kind of 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. - Ah, I love Chicago. - Isn't Chicago great? Yeah, the vibe is cool. - I like Chicago. - There's a slippery slope, James. - What he loves to talk about Chicago? - Oh my God, there we go. It's pretty fantastic. I mean, it's huge. - People from Chicago, they really love it, and the suburbs, like right outside of Chicago. - I like Chicago. - Yeah, that's what I'm trying. - No way, yeah. - By the way, about. - But this is my high school, I'm wearing a t-shirt. - Are you serious? What are these odds? And then she mentioned it, and then you're wearing it. - Yeah. - Sean, why do you love Chicago so much? You've been done time there? - Done time. It's about 16, 16 months, been Chicago. My, 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 cousins in one of those suburbs, like in Plains, Trains, and Automobiles, when he comes home to that house for Thanksgiving, that to me, that's the idyllic suburban. - It's so cozy. - You know that's like 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, 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. - I'm like, you're a kid. - Ah. (laughing) - Yeah, but Jen, you know, I, it was wild. I was a teenager growing up in Chicago when John Hughes wrote and filmed all of them surrounding me, like in all that made what's around. So, and I was in high school when they would come out pretty in pink, you know, home alone, or whatever, but Ferris Bueller. Ferris Bueller, like, all those, so it was like, wow, I was so enamored. - We're talking about your affinity for Ducky, and how much you identified with Ducky. - I was called Ducky all the time. - No way. (laughing) - But anyway, but did you, so that was the thing that influenced me was being a Hollywood coming to Chicago. - Yeah. - And I was like, wow, it was so close to me. What was that for you in Louisville? - Well, I just wanna, it's interesting when your age lines up with the movies that are coming out. I had that with Harry Potter. I was like 11 when the books came out and like 12. Like, what was Holly would like in Kentucky? - No, but men like, what was the influence for you that, what was the outside influence to go, wow, I wanna do that. - Oh, well, I don't, I mean, really nothing, it never occurred to me that that would be a thing or possible, you know, I like wanted to be a mom. I wanted to be an interior designer, which I'm not good at that. I just, that was a job option. But anyway, and then I went to New York with my mom on like a long weekend from school and we were watching street dancing in Union Square and I got like, discovered. - Oh, really? - What we were, we were break dancers. That what you mean, like break dancers? - I was break dancing. - Yeah, I did that too. That's crazy. - No, she's kidding. - No, she's kidding. - I did it. - Oh, sure. - That's cool. - Wait, street dancing. So you were just watching as somebody saw you or are you street dancing too? - We don't get a lot of that in Kentucky, so 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 worked for a modeling agency and I did your picture. And my mom and I were like, you know, had no survival instincts. For like, sure, do you want to go to a hotel? Like, (laughing) - Do you want to take pictures of me? The same thing. - Yeah. - The same pictures. - I heard, off, what do you think? - Talks on. - No. - Wait, wait, 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 modeling agency. We want you to, we want to sign you. We want to do picture. Whatever that is, that sort of creepy. And 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 like act, which was like commercials and stuff. - Out of Louisville, or is this a stone? - No, so we had to go back to Louisville. But now that I knew that this was an opportunity, I was just like, (blows raspberry) and I had actually made money, I'd saved money from babysitting, but also I trained horses. And so I had like, you know, a couple grand. And I was like, I'm going and I was 14. And originally my brother came with me, who was like 18. And we were just like, we are going to die. - Wait, just the two of us. - To New York. - Yeah. Our first meal was at Applebees in Times Square. - No way. - As it was familiar. - Sabara was closed. Yeah. (both laughing) I think mine was at the M&M store, whatever. But wait, what about, how last meal? She said first meal. Okay, you were 14, how was your brother at the time? - 18. - And your mom and dad were just like, great. Go have a good time. - Yeah, I mean they were, I mean they were supportive. I know that it's weird as parents to hear it back. I mean, but at the time it was like, I think, I don't know. I think they could tell that this was just like, kind of happening. And so they tried to like make it as safe as possible. - All right. - So they gave, so they sent me with my brother. - If you just dropped out of school. - Yeah, I dropped out of school. I was supposed to, I was only gonna do it for the summer and then come back for school. But at the end of summer I had booked a sitcom that shot an LA and then I was supposed to, the billing wall show. And then I was supposed to get, like, you know, you're supposed to like graduate, like get homeschooled for your credits or whatever, but we just kind of, we just kind of left it. - Left it. - Yeah. - Wow, leave it. - And who drove you to LA? Was it the photographer? - It's cool. - In a van. (both laughing) - My dad drove us and the black era from Kentucky to LA. - Wow, wow. - Why didn't we fly? We needed a car in LA. - We needed a car in LA. - Okay. - And we did a perfect swap. We swapped our apartment in New York for somebody else's house in LA and it was just a Craig's list situation. - Oh, wow. - They worked out a lot. - They sublet your apartment, you mean? - Yeah. - And then we take their house. - Just a bunch of gypsies. Just running around the country chasing an artistic dream. - I know, it's like rehearsal season two and it's like this guy's gonna fly you on a camera and he's like, how many people said no and he's like, no button and he's like, actors, dude. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Such intense dreamers. - I saw that, that was good. - And we will be right back. And now back to the show. - So you're out there, you're still forward. - So this is months after this union square moment. Months later you book a sitcom, like pretty early on. - Do we know the sitcom? I was just, it's a Highlander. - Billingville. - It was called the Billingville show. It didn't do very well. I mean, it came out on TBS and I got a steady paycheck for a while and on the, I mean, for like two years, two and a half years. And then I booked Winter's Bone on the hiatus of that show and then the show got canceled, which was perfect timing. But, so what were, this is first-- - I'm just like the rain, canceling our show. It was just like-- - Ah yeah, it was just like the rain, yeah. - It's a blessing, like the rain. - So looking down on them. - But this first exposure to acting and stuff, it felt like an early fit. This was something that you, 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. So I remember, I would like read like an audition, like I would read sides. And I'd be like, "Well, this is how a normal person would say it." And then so I would change that and be like, "So maybe I will say it like this." Right, right, right, right. Well, that's really interesting, though, because like people do, they, I don't know, I feel like some people that give like performances will get like nominations. And then other people that just kind of like just do naturalistic, just kind of disappear, let the story take over, don't really get as much attention as like the flashy sort of performance act. You're so naturalistic. Yeah. Yet you are incredibly well, what would you call awarded, nominated. I recognize you. I recognize you. I recognize you. I recognize you. I'm sick, you guys. So that is, I love that. Do you think that maybe that's because you didn't go to acting school and learn how to act, you know? You know, my mom took me to some guy that like the agency and don't worry, it doesn't end like that. Okay. But my mom took me to this guy that this agency told me to meet to like, you know, help me like act or whatever. Right. And he told my mom, don't put her in any, you know, acting lessons, don't, don't do that. That guy randomly is Taylor Sheridan. Oh, wow. Oh, wait. Wow, what? That's amazing. I guess he was like an acting teacher or something back in the day. That's crazy. Wait. I feel like he was an act. I think he, there's his stories that he wasn't actor, right? And then started writing and wrote, um, Chicago. Chicago. It was kind of around for a while. And to me. Yeah, it's great. And to me found him. I mean, he told that story. Yeah. He kind of found it was like, wait, this is the greatest script I've ever seen. Far Tracy, just so she knows Taylor Sheridan created Yellowstone. I feel like Tracy doesn't need any help on that one. Yeah. Well, she may. She may. So she may. But also, so she was, so 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. And what a great, uh, what a great piece of advice that was. Because you don't, you don't do that. You're, you're very easy to watch. Wow. So Taylor Sheridan was the guy. So did you. Have you guys ever talked about doing something? Is 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. Wow. And you haven't run into him since. No, he, he, we met up about like 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 like two or three years ago. So. Oh, no, why? So he might not even remember that connection. Oh, yeah. I mean, why would he? I was just like a little kid. Right. Let's get him on the horn. Yeah. That's why. All right. So the acting is comfortable. You're getting some good, you're getting good jobs. You get Winters bone and Winters bone gets thrown. Sean, we give anything to have a Winters bone. Yeah. Yeah. So give anything. Give anything. Because your, your bear goes into hibernation during the winter. You're right, Johnny. Yeah. Exactly. We got it right there. It's not so spring. Is that what you got? That little cub doesn't come back with a bone. They're so proud of themselves. Yeah. It's so much fun. So much fun. So much fun. So much. Now we're cooking with that. Good fit, guys. So wait. So Jen. So now. So now Winters bone comes out. Everybody loves Jennifer Lawrence. Yes. 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 kind of decided. But now this solidified it, right? Yeah. Well, then by then I, I mean, I still feel this way. I still feel overwhelmed. Like when I hear that somebody like graduated or something, I have envy of like organization of even just like having the credits. They're like knowing how to, I wouldn't even know where to get started. I think I would have to start from like sixth grade or something. Whatever. I don't have to do it. I get anxiety randomly that I'll have to do it. Wow. Really that. What that that you, 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 didn't have any friends, you know, as a teenager. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Well, but did you ever have to go to school on set? No, that's why we did it. I think because you have to pay if you're not emancipated. Then they have to pay for a tutor for you if you're underage. And so our way of making me enticing, I think, was that we said I had a GED. So we didn't need the onset tutor. So I was an inexpensive minor. So my mom had my boyfriend at the time print out like a GED or a diploma or something on like Microsoft Word. And it's not like, it's not like a studio is going to be like, hey. Let's check this out. It was fake. It was fake. Yeah. It was fake. God, I love this family. This family is incredible. Yeah. We usually see it like Christmas. We really wrap. All right. But now, because I don't know. My mom one time I brought like a British boyfriend home and she they had they had in celebration of me coming home roasted a pig on a spit. And my boyfriend was very fancy. And I don't think like wanted to eat it, but it was being played and was eating it. And my mom was like, when I saw that naked pig on this spit, I couldn't help myself. I leaned right in and gave it a kiss. And when she know it two weeks later, I got ringworm. No way. Must meet your mom. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. But I, you know, 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 like professors give lectures. Oh, yeah. But it's so funny because then I hear both you, Jay and you, Jennifer, talk about that. Sorry, Jen. And it's like that we all, okay, S H. Yeah. That, I know, that's my initials, that was 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's wanted to act when I was really young, I was like, envious of you guys. I was like, oh, that seems-- What are you envious now? Yeah, not really. Well, I like my experience quite a lot, yeah. You do. Yeah. Well, I mean, you're a hill topper for life. Yeah. That's right. That's what the T-shirt says, if it's school. JB, I didn't realize that we had so much in common like this. I mean, but what was your, what was your way to self-educate? Mine was watching Charlie Rosen and trying to read newspapers. Yeah, I watched a lot of like his, like the history channel and animal planet. I would go to the library, but we didn't, I didn't have like a library cart. I feel like we just weren't like organized and not like pay for things. So I would go, but then I would just read about like-- Would you sneak in? Magic. The library. You'd about magic? I'm going to get a degree in magic. Yeah. I mean, left of my own devices. I mean, I can't have you guys. Have you continued on the legacy of chaos in your own family moving forward? Do you keep a sort of a healthy dose of chaos? That's such a good question. I married somebody who is the opposite of me. Yeah. He is so organized. He's an anchor. He's an anchor. Everything's ordered. Everything is ordered like on the sink. Like I have to, you know, like keep the closet doors closed and I have like 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-- Right. Oh, I know. I know the schedule. So our kids, I mean, I get it now. I get it. But like they're on a very strict schedule, you know, it's like breakfast 730. Like, I don't know. I don't know. He does know to that. Well, he just keeps-- Yeah. He's good at keeping the time. He's good at keeping it, but we've learned to keep our marriage alive. I have a 15 minute wiggle room. Right. I just, you know, 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 have, and I think I should go to like occupational therapy for that. But I don't want anybody here, ADD. I think I am, or I'm obsessed with consult compulsive a little bit like, 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 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 what the day is, where it's going to be, where everything's happening. None of that is like confirmed or real, but the imagination about it is so strong. Like yesterday, we were going to the circus. We were going to go to the circus at 11. Yeah. I didn't buy tickets. And then the next thing I knew, I looked at my phone and I was like building a snowman with my son in the backyard, and it was 1230, and the circus was at 11, like stuff like that. Yeah. Like it's pretty toxic because you didn't see on the schedule, or because, because why? I do, I do follow the schedule, like I, you know, I am like capable of doing that, but when I mess up, those are the mess ups. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But doesn't your, how about like the iPhone was such, I used to be just in a sea of post-its before the iPhone? Like, I, I, I, I couldn't remember anything. I was always like missing appointments. Now the iPhone with the little alarm situation, the little calendar. It doesn't work for me. Watch this. Yeah. I tried it last night. Uh-oh. Siri, tell me I'm beautiful in one hour. I don't see, I'm beautiful in your contacts. It just never does it. - Oh, see? Yeah, I get it. - And then it'll just like call my trainer. (laughing) - 'Cause it wants to help you get beautiful. Listen up. - Yeah, it's very stingful. - What about a nice assistant? What's it, let's get you a nice assistant or two? - Oh, I have, I have the best. I love my assistant. - And it's still-- - But it's really hard what I put them through. I know, it's not that bad. I mean, my God, I'm a mother. My kids get to school on time. - Yeah, yeah. - Now, okay, so everything's cruising along and it's feeling, it kind of normal. Winterspoon happens, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, and just like. - Winterspoon happens, no, it wasn't exactly like that. I got nominated, but you know, it was like, it was an indie and I still kind of felt like I was gonna just be like an indie actress 'cause I had starred in a couple of other things that were like small and I had gotten like little awards for them, like two other jobs. - Yeah, but you still have kind of an indie vibe. Like in the best way, I mean, that is a compliment. - I take it as a compliment, thank you. - You do. - And so I was like, yeah, this is gonna be, this is I'm right on track. I'm gonna be like the indie lady. And then I auditioned for the Hunger Games. And then when I booked the Hunger Games, it was the same kind of season as like award season for, no wait, I was silver linings. So I got famous just from booking Hunger Games. And then, and then. - Oh, because the people who were fans of the book were like, oh, she's gonna be. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, 'cause 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. - Uh-huh. - So then when you were reluctant to take that part, 'cause you thought it was gonna get you, yeah. - I thought it was gonna, yeah, Twilight had come out and it was like, holy fucking shit. Like they were like helicopter pictures of them, like just trying to live in a guest house and it just didn't seem like a nice life. And I had a good situation. Like I had enough money for what I, you know, and I could do what I want. Like there was just, I didn't know if it was gonna be worth it, you know, exciting, but maybe not ultimately worth it. And I did, I was always focused on like my future being a mom. And so I was like, I picture myself being a soccer mom with a minivan and like, you know, and what if I'm, what if I can't do that? Because there's like, you know, I'm like Kim Kardashian or something. But I thought about it and then I said yes and I don't regret it. - But wait, wait, wait, before you said yes, what, take us through the sort of the deliberation process. Did you reach out, was it like 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, you know, running up the Santa Monica stairs 'cause there's not really anybody that can help you. Like, you know, every, mostly everybody's like, are you insane? And you have to say yes to that. You're going to regret that for the rest of your life. - Right. - And then taking time to like think about, I know, I knew that I'd be connected to that character forever. Which isn't good or bad. It was just something to think about. And 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 with all these years later? - Oh my God. - Isn't it funny too, like you, as an actor, you like work towards, you know, becoming successful. And then you have exactly what you're talking about. The struggle of, well, I know this is going to be successful. You know, do I associate myself with that? But that's the thing where we want. We want to be successful. Anybody wants to be successful in any job they do. - I know. But our job is very closely connected with our lives. - Right. - I mean, I guess everybody says, but yeah. So you say yes to the thingy at the Hunger Games. And then you get the nomination. - And then my saying yes happened this, like that was announced at the same season as awards who's in for silver linings playbook. - Oh wow. - Which I was like winning all of those awards leading up to that you win, like before you win the big daddy. And so I became the most famous person in the world. And I was like so, yeah, yeah, yeah, I was fast. - And tell me what, honest ratio between excitement and fear and panic. - Oh God, I don't know, 'cause they blend. - Right, it must have been exciting for a second. - Oh, it was very exciting, it was so exciting. But I was also like working really, like the whole time. I didn't have like during that era, I didn't have like more than two weeks off and like five years. So when I was like going to the awards things, when I won, I was shooting, catching fire. And I was like, I mean, even, yeah, I was like flying in and out to go to a party and then landing it for in the morning and then going to set for the Hunger Games at seven in the morning. So just, I don't think I ever got, like by the time I finished the Hunger Games, I like came back to like the condo that I lived in when I was like a teenager, 'cause I just didn't live anywhere. And it was probably a great distraction to, like the craziness was a distraction to not absorb everything. - Yeah, and I like lived with my best friend. So that was nice. That definitely stopped me from getting full of myself. - But when the music kind of 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 kind of gone by? - You can't go to Starbucks anymore. And like all that stuff started to really kind of, - Did it feel like a time warp, a time warp a little bit? - Yeah, but you know what, it was like, I am a home body. And I realized that I could use this to my advantage. And 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 gotta go. I gotta leave early. - Like being pregnant? - Well, yeah, my wife. - Do you do that like when your wife is pregnant? - Yeah, it was like, it was, it's a great way to get out of a party early or do you have the baby at home, you know. - Oh yeah. - Now with kids, you don't have to do anything. - Sean still does it with his dog, Ricky. - Yeah, Sean does it all the time. He's like, we gotta get that to Ricky. And we're like, it's 7 p.m., you've been got two hours. - Did you leave it like your food out? And now, why me? - Do you not have kids? - I don't have, we don't have kids. You know, what we have a dog. - We're not human kids. You have such calm dad energy. - I know, you know what, it's because I didn't have one. So we, that's another podcast, but yeah. 'Cause I didn't have one. So I think, I have a fantasy of being a dad because of the way I would, I wasn't fathered. But then we've had this conversation so many times about, you know, uh-oh. - I've written like three jokes since you've been talking about just driving fast, about a stick shift. - Yeah, go ahead and keep going. - But yeah, no, but I always say that I, neither me or Scottie, my husband, is a hundred percent wanting kids. And I was like, if he was a hundred percent, I was like, oh my god, I want him. I want him. Then I'd be like, great, let's do it. But we're both like 85, you know? Like so it's not fair to the kid, yeah. - I do feel though that like during the nine months it takes to make a baby, it helps, that's a useful time for parents to kind of get their head around becoming parents. So take that for what it's worth. That was a good one. - I didn't know if whenever anybody tells me like, I'm not sure. I'm like, don't do it. - Yeah. - 'Cause 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 gonna do it. And everybody's like, are you sure? - Right, right, right, yeah. - That's the way it should be. - And it doesn't help, like I said this too, it doesn't help like while somebody's rocking their screaming baby, you know, behind their back, they go, don't have kids. - Yeah. - You know? And like, okay, well, he's not a bit. - We're doing this. - We're doing this. - We're doing this, we're doing this. - We'll be right back. - And now back to the show. - All right, but speaking of babies, now Jen, now are you the soccer mom that you were dreaming about? Like, does it mean you're tempted to like, - I'm an ice hockey mom? - No, no. - Yeah, I never saw that coming in Kentucky. I'm an ice hockey mom. - Yeah. - Wait, the four-year-old is playing ice hockey? - Yeah, well, the dad. - Yeah, no, the four-year-old. - Yeah? - Yeah. - I mean, my husband played hockey growing up and he's, that's so hot. When they put hockey together like in the house, they get true, it really turns me on. - Is he Canadian? - No, we're almost Vermont. - Okay, good, yeah, yeah. We love hockey, hockey's my sport. - Well, what about that? Has that hockey gear started smelling yet on the four-year-old? 'Cause the hockey gear is bad. - No, he told me I had to brush my teeth yesterday. - Oh, your brush, my four-year-old kid. - He was like, you should brush your teeth, mommy. - Yeah, they'll tell you straight, you know? - I used to have to bring my hockey equipment in the side and have to take it to the basement 'cause it smelled so bad, the hockey bag is the worst. My mom would be like, I don't have that yet. Had to keep it in the boiler room at the house because it smelled so bad. - Wait, so, but, Jen, don't you just want it? - What do you do about that? Baking stuff? - Nothing, nothing. It just is what it is, eh? - You're gonna buy new stuff. - Yeah. - A, are you Canadian? - I'm Canadian, yeah. - Oh. - Boy. - Yeah, I'll stop. We'll tighten everything. - They're really good at it. - I'm tempted to just, like, not ever work again and just be, like, home with kids. And I'm, like, yeah, it's just-- - That's me, I identify as a stay-at-home mom. - Yeah. - But I am, obviously. - So, then-- - When he says home a kid, he means on the golf course, but, you know-- - No, I've actually, I've 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 a bad news. Yeah. No, but I do, I do love, I love not doing anything. Yeah. Like right now, we're listening, we're doing holidays right now. I need this little 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. Yeah. I love it. Yeah. Nothing's required. I'm not used to being busy like this. I normally like, I have a busy like three months while I'm filming. You know, but even in that sense, it's calm because there is nothing else to do. Right. I just go to work. I do that. I come home, I sleep and then I do it again. Right. And then like two weeks while you promote it is hectic. But like something like this where I'm like 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 like a fun conversation with interesting people. Right. As opposed to doing like, you know, like a Q&A that like starts at nine, like nine p.m. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, after this. No, you stay awake. What time do you go to bed? I'm half an eye open at 830. Oh, I am in bed. I'm kindle is lit. Yeah. Until like nine 15. And then I don't even have like kindle light on normally by nine 15. So kindle will put you to sleep. Yeah. The reading puts you to sleep. Yeah. Yeah. Will's a big reader. You know, that's true. They're like the old like the older you get. I went to a couple parties that started at like eight o'clock at night. I'm like, who starts a party at eight? Well, this that one this weekend that I couldn't get to started at eight. What time did you get there? I got there right at eight. Right. So you could leave at eight thirty. I was planning on going to a Christmas party tomorrow, but it's at start at nine. Yeah. Why is this rude? You know, all that's all that means is that we're going to be drinking a lot. When you set your time start at nine, that means it's going to be a lot of booze. And I just you can't you can't be hung over with a nine month old. No, career old. She's not an option. Yeah. Wait, Jen, when you were imitating your mom that was so funny. And she has that Southern, you know, draw or twang or whatever. Did you have that and got rid of it? Or did you never have it? No, I had it and got rid of it. I I listened to like CD CDs. Come on, really? Did you really? Yeah. I did, but I mean, my agency gave me CDs and I listened to them and I did them and like repeated all of the things. But I think that probably just time, time, yeah, time in Los Angeles, especially that young 1450, you just start sounding like you're surrounding. Yeah, you know, I got rid of my Canadian accent the same way. When? Get it. You did, you just said a and I think about what part of Canada I've worked there. So I know all the problems. Toronto. Oh, okay. Yeah. Cool. Big city guy. Yeah, the big city dude. That's kind of my that's kind of across. I'm more familiar with the Quebec region. Okay. Is that Montreal? That's the Montreal's in Quebec. Yeah, Montreal's in Quebec. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a part of the world. 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 and you know how dark it is and those on those like when you're like behind the curtain, whatever, it's so dark on the lane shows. And I had finished and was walking out. He was going to go on after me. And I just was like, I'm scared. Yeah, you're so fan. You fan out. I know it's wild when you run into people that you you kind of that that that stuck with you because of a film when you were growing up or whatever. And you finally see them. Yeah. I know. And then it's just like you say that you love them so much. And then they're nice. And then it just stops. Yeah. Yeah. I just ran into Molly Ringwald like a year ago. I was like, oh my god. I mean, 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. And I want to give a set that said that he was like the best and I was such a big fan. And he was like, oh my god, so thank you. Yeah. End of conversation. Yeah. Yeah. And Nathan Fielder and Larry David are they're intense because it's like it's their brain that you are so like you like their personality and like their brain, you know, not just like what they do. Like if they don't like me, then why would I like me? You want to get in there? We're building by the end. I want to. I want their approval. Here's another 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. A weird on set. I just eat what's at crafty. Right. Yeah. My brothers used to think that like my breakfasts were gross. Like I would have like Campbell's chicken noodle soup and like tuna salad. I get it. Okay. Yeah. How did you do this delicious? Did you get it? I did not want just recently myself. Just like how do you do, Willie? Did you get all the way through it? If I'm being honest, I was like I was I was reluctant to do it because I don't like eating. I don't like hot sauce like that. And so I'm like, okay, here we go. And then they go, Bayman was just on and he made it all the way through. Yeah. But I was loaded up with like pepper. Oh, I had ice cream. And oh, I threw up. You did. You did? Yeah. Wait, is it true that milk really helps that? Yes. Milk milk helps. Really? I did help that. But though the third to last one, I forget it was like I forget it was called like the bomb or something like that. It was so ridiculous. And I was rubbing the ice cream on my lips because I thought that my lips were going to come off. It sounds like a dream. No, it's like truly frightening when it hits. It's it's overwhelming. It was rough. Like how am I going to handle this? When did you throw up on the set there when you got home? No, I so the only thing that sued the burning was chugging ice water. So I think what happened was I drank so much ice water that I threw up. Wow. This is this is the kind of torture we put ourselves through to sell our product. But actually, but it's pretty fun. He was funny. He's a great and a super nice guy. Yeah, he's a very good interviewer. It's very good question. By the way, the questions are really good and they're really from out of left field. They made me laugh a couple times. Yeah, they are. And you're struggling with your mouth is on fire. And I love how like dry and robotic he is. Yeah. It's like he's fucking serious with you. Yes. He just doesn't react as much because he's used to it. Yeah, he's used to it. He's made of titanium. It's insane. He actually kind of mirrors you. What I found like he eats the same way that you do. He takes the same size bites that you do. And there's some I guess there's comfort in that. It's almost like he's in it with you. Yeah. Did you take that poor guy? He said whenever he goes to restaurants, people send him chicken wings. Oh boy. And it's like, and he obviously got chicken wings. So I dream. Yeah. Send him over here. Yeah. All right. What about this? If 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 know. That doesn't really apply. I just do I do stuff. What about like well like will you do like Disneyland? Yeah, but I'll do Disney. I'll I'll do it. You just rush it. And then so then what happens? What happens if like a big crowd starts to gather around you and everybody wants a picture on their iPhones? Do you do you indulge? No, it never happens. And like I would just leave. I think that bringing like a big security guard and like wearing a hat and all that stuff that tracks attention. But if for the most part, I just get people like looking at me sideways, being like she looks like that person. Yeah. Yeah. You don't want to invite. I would just do that. I remember hearing this is 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 you don't wear a helmet, because again, this is a terrible analogy, but I can't be able. I'm too deep. That that when you when you wear a helmet, you say to the other drivers that you're part of the system that you're just another vehicle. So 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. That's like thorough again. You know who said it? Lauren Michaels who's never been in the bike in the city in his life. Yeah. He once said that to me. Did he deliver it? Like it was a good joke or did he deliver it seriously? No, he meant to do, no, he said, when 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. So like if you don't have a helmet on, then they'll be more careful around you, right? That's right. That's right. Because they see that you're a human being. 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. There's my. My Marty Shorin. Martin Shorin is, of course. Once you find out somebody's Canadian, you're like, of course. And I don't know what it is. John Candy. Marty Shorin might be one of the most. John Candy is Canadian. John Candy definitely seems like he's from Chicago. Well, we know why. We were just talking about plays, things like that. Canada has a deep bench, if I can't tell you. Deep bench. Oh, 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. You're charged to pay for public school. Everybody's so nice. I feel like humor is formed from suffering. Maybe you're cold. We just suck it up. Before we let her go, we've got god damn it we're in the last minute we haven't even talked about the thing your your let's talk I want to talk to Lynn ranzi's one of my favorite directors ever can you please okay so um die my love right yes mm-hmm yeah that's the film it's incredible sod love it um well uh can you tell us anything about what I'm assuming was a magical experience with Lynn Ramsey um yeah I mean it really was she's she it started like before we got on set she just kind of started like talking about this world and then writing these scenes and like it wasn't necessarily like in chronological order which was funky and cool and then we got to to um Canada to it was Calgary which was in where if that was it was what's the Ottawa problem no Alberta is Alberta um and um I'm here for all your Canadian questions oh yeah thank you um I so yeah and then I it was just it was just really cool great she's just extremely instinctual it's like kind of exactly what you want to have and you're like working with an or two or like that just like you so you were incredible in that and so it was rather past I can't wait to see it uh it movie so great I can't so it's just beautiful too I can't wait to see it before sure I'm I really don't 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 ever seen yeah what about um wait your reality TV fan do you watch any of those of your husband he doesn't he doesn't get near him um he got near Vanderpump for a while but now I lost him um but yeah I'm I'm I want to Southern charm real housewives of Salt Lake and real housewives of Beverly Hills now uh what about below deck do we do we get do we go below deck at all you know I can't watch below deck because I cannot understand the different franchises of them they're 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 ones happening now you got to be clear on those you have to you can't be confusion when you're in the below deck universe exactly do you ever watch traders like what happens if I confuse what would what would happen what region I meant I'm clearly can you imagine passionate about promises wait Sean what was that you described me care you ever watch traitors traitors traitors oh wait that's the one that was just in England yeah yeah yeah so good it's a it's a it's a it's a where they play mafia basically debut they play mafia and they're doing that and I'm like remember the memory last remember last year in New Year's how much we played mafia every night you were great at it you were great I had to run it every night because everybody else and I it's like I couldn't even play I had to run it every night you're if we wouldn't it wouldn't elast it without you you were you were a beacon do you guys ever do bowls bowls what is that the bowls what's that everybody writes down something that's familiar to everybody like everybody would get it you know like Spider-Man Donald Trump like cheese yeah and then you put them and then there's like stage one which is you can say every you can say a full sentence just without that word yeah yeah and then the second you can just say one word and then the third you call it celebrity or what do they call it it has a different name for everybody yeah yeah yeah it sounds very good so what the first round you do yeah one you get one sentence to describe it then you put them all back in the bowl in the second round and it's always the same so then it you started getting these inside jokes with right you know it's just like the same it's very funny Shawnee you used to have great game nights what happened what's going on too much to host yeah let's get on down to Jamie and Nico's house and just fire up a big fat game night oh yeah offline you know it's game nights always happen where people are like into it and then you start it and then people kind of fall off because they get bored and then it's kind of yeah that's the bummer I'm gonna start doing monjon with my girls on Thursday I love monjon I don't know how to play yeah we're gonna learn it's just a match is that the one with the tiles yeah smash the tiles that's it oh that's it those are the rules really yeah that's all so twitch if I could have been yeah so much all right Jennifer Jen JB thank you Sean will next time you're out here real shirt doing your things thank you um let us know and um and we'll play some monjon and some balls we'll do game that should yeah you're something we'll do some balls yeah sure it's gonna Sean's gonna do some pictures Sean I'll help you organize and I'll come early and we can set up appetizers and stuff yeah right could it change bullsh*t yeah then I can like be there don't you know where they're already out the app does you are yeah hotdarts just in a row um Jen thank you very very much for doing thank you thank you so nice to finally meet you Jennifer Lawrence this is lovely thank you for having me um all right have a great rest of the day yeah and um and have a great holiday all right thank you bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye Jay that's Jennifer Lawrence that you were supposed to be on the big stage at the Hollywood Bowl I know right she got rained out we got it we got it we got it and yet we still and then we had her and then we and then we just had her on here which is a which is great I know and when I when I found out that that was who it was like after it got cancelled I was like oh it was Jennifer Lawrence I was so glad and then and here she is now you guys you guys did not know it was her um leading up to no I knew I knew I knew it was going to be Jeremy Alan White a week beforehand you did all right yeah because his his agent mentioned it something I was at yeah but he but listen it not his fault happens all the time yeah of course um but um yeah that would have been that would have been I would have been I can't believe it took us so long to have her on on I know she's one of those like oh the peak I know she's she's sort of like she was on my list too yeah yeah I mean she's fantastic she has a lot of a lot of success uh quickly but she handles it well very well she's done so many great things she's been so good right she's been in a movie every year for the last 20 years I was looking on on her thing is that a year is that right yeah is that right yeah um and then so uh die my love is out now and then and then the uh Hunger Games next Hunger Games thing I think is coming out the middle of next year how about um that um you know it you know what you know what you go ahead Sean you know she died my love coming out and thank god I mean it's a good title thank god it wasn't titled my love exactly what I was gonna do smart list is 100% organic and artisanally handcrafted by Bennett barbaco michael granterry and rob um germ