# Am I wrong to be in love with Jennifer Lawrence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361 "2014-06-08T23:05:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/1 "2014-06-08T23:05:53Z")
Strictly platonic love, that is. The only movie I’ve seen Ms. Lawrence in has been “The Hunger Games” - I haven’t seen Catching Fire yet, and I haven’t seen anything else she’s been in. But I’ve caught several clips of her on YouTube, doing interviews and such, and … her personality and persona have just captured me. She comes across as a real person, not a Hollywood product. It’s not her looks (though she’s damn fine). There are hundreds of Hollywood starlets who look just as good, and I’ve found plenty of Russian/Ukrainian porn actresses who look even better. It’s her persona, and the way she comes across in interviews and award ceremonies. She just seems like a “real” person who isn’t being managed by publicists. From what I’ve seen, even the gossip press seems baffled by her, because she just spills everything and just says what she’s thinking. I cracked up over this clip, where she basically blows off Jack Nicholson: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WJmhsJ5T5L0/hqdefault.jpg "Jennifer Lawrence Interrupted by Jack Nicholson at Oscars | Good Morning America | ABC News") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmhsJ5T5L0) ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/2 "2014-06-08T23:22:32Z")
She is seriously adorable. I’d love to hang out with her; she comes across as a total hoot. I didn’t interpret that clip as her blowing off Jack Nicholson so much as bantering with him while being completely blown away and starstruck by the fact that she was talking to _Jack Nicholson!_ ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/3 "2014-06-09T00:00:35Z")
I’ll suggest “Winter’s Bone”. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/4 "2014-06-09T00:10:10Z")
You’d have to have a heart of stone and be clinically dead not be in love with Jennifer Lawrence. Hey, so is this the thread where I get to post my favorite Jennifer Lawrence moments? I’ll start with [the Oscars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACQpZW-eTg) and [Honey Boo Boo](http://www.buzznet.com/videos/latest/jennifer-lawrence-honey-boo-boo-0_uvco7gj9/). ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/5 "2014-06-09T00:41:05Z")
This one is my favorite: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIL0hrUb6sg) ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/6 "2014-06-09T00:42:08Z")
[quote=“Mister\_Rik, post:1, topic:690361”] I cracked up over this clip, where she basically blows off Jack Nicholson: [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, are we looking at the same clip? She does the complete opposite of blowing off Jack. She’s so totally overwhelmed by his mere presence that she completely loses her composure for a few minutes. The “rude” comment was sarcasm dialed up to 11. She was flipping out because she’s never met him. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/7 "2014-06-09T00:45:31Z")
The only thing wrong with being in love with the future Mrs. Sams, is you’re just one more guy I gotta bump off. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/8 "2014-06-09T01:19:36Z")
I think it’s wrong to be in love with her because you don’t think her personality is PR-managed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/9 "2014-06-09T01:31:06Z")
Sorry, bro. She’s just not into you. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/10 "2014-06-09T01:37:46Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > The only thing wrong with being in love with the future Mrs. Sams, is you’re just one more guy I gotta bump off. Pistols at dawn! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/11 "2014-06-09T01:39:53Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I’m sorry, are we looking at the same clip? She does the complete opposite of blowing off Jack. She’s so totally overwhelmed by his mere presence that she completely loses her composure for a few minutes. The “rude” comment was sarcasm dialed up to 11. She was flipping out because she’s never met him. Yes, I was being a bit sarcastic too. I just thought it was hilarious that her first words to him were, “You’re being rude”. Funny thing for a relative Hollywood “noob” to say to somebody like Jack. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/12 "2014-06-09T01:52:49Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Yes, I was being a bit sarcastic too. I just thought it was hilarious that her first words to him were, “You’re being rude”. Funny thing for a relative Hollywood “noob” to say to somebody like Jack. To me it sounded like he was apologizing for bring rude and interrupting. She then responds with “yeah, you’re being rude” with a heavy dose of sarcasm, because obviously she’s beside herself he interrupted. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/13 "2014-06-09T02:06:59Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > I think it’s wrong to be in love with her because you don’t think her personality is PR-managed. I don’t think it’s necessarily PR-managed but she’s supremely annoying. She tries too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/14 "2014-06-09T02:08:26Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > I think it’s wrong to be in love with her because you don’t think her personality is PR-managed. Yes; this is what we’ve come to. ☹ Previous generations of our species could never possibly begin to imagine the mating decisions of _Homo saeculo vicesimo primo_. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/15 "2014-06-09T02:20:06Z")
[You love her because she’s a cool girl.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/jennifer-lawrence-and-the-history-of-cool-girls) She’s funny, chill and just one of the guys, but looks like a supermodel. I wouldn’t say she’s any more or less PR managed than any other movie star, but she’s every movie studio PR department’s wet dream. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/16 "2014-06-09T02:26:30Z")
If being in love with JL is wrong, I don’t wanna be right! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/17 "2014-06-09T04:28:35Z")
I don’t know if I’m in love with her, but I am seriously in awe of how good an actress she is. I mean, have you seen _American Hustle_? Christian Bale, Any Adams, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper… and she just walks away with the movie. Every scene she’s in is the best in the film. If any actress has the potential to be the “next Meryl Streep”, it’s her. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/18 "2014-06-09T04:32:53Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [You love her because she’s a cool girl.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/jennifer-lawrence-and-the-history-of-cool-girls) She’s funny, chill and just one of the guys, but looks like a supermodel. And these are bad things how? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/19 "2014-06-09T04:38:52Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I cracked up over this clip, where she basically blows off Jack Nicholson: Oooh! Lucky old Jack! 🙂 Now I finally have a use for it, they have taken the blowjob smiley away!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361/20 "2014-06-09T05:02:43Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Strictly platonic love, that is. Platonic!? Fuck that. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-be-in-love-with-jennifer-lawrence/690361.md?page=2)