as they probably should, emotional, like, landmines,

everybody is like tiptoeing around because you never know

what's going to set them off,

and it's just a job, like any other.

You look how you look, and be comfortable.

Like what are you going to do, be hungry every single day

to make other people happy?

That's just dumb.

My childhood in my mind seems so lovely,

and just picturesque, and then I talk back about it,

I'm like, "Oh my God."

- She's the highest paid actress in the world

and her films have grossed over five billion dollars.

She had her breakthrough in 2010

playing a poverty-stricken teenager

in the independent film "Winter's Bone."

In 2013, she was listed in Time Magazine's

100 Most Influential People in the World.

She's Jennifer Lawrence, and here's my take

on her top 10 rules for success.

Rule number one is my personal favorite,

and make sure to stick around all the way to the end

for some special bonus clips.

Also, as Jennifer's talking, if she says something

that really resonates with you,

please leave it in the comments below

and put quotes around it so other people

can be inspired as well.

Enjoy.

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- Hi, I'm Jennifer Lawrence.

Have you been hiding under a rock?

How would you not know that.

I've always had this really gross, dangerous mentality of,

no consideration of failure.

Just never even considering the thought of failing,

like, if I want something I just go until I get it.

And that doesn't always work, but.

- The interesting thing for me to talk to you,

and what makes you so fascinating

is just the talent that you see on the screen,

but at the same time,

there is a certain innocence and yet a certain power,

and it seems to me it's both artist and also business.

- Well thank you.

- [Charlie] Do you believe that?

- Yes. - Am I right?

- I've worked very hard to make that (laughs)

to make that true, so thank you.

- [Charlie] That it's both that.

- Thank you, because without gaining

some sort of control over the business

I lose some control over the creative,

which is most important.

- [Charlie] The more you control the business,

the more you can give flower to the creative.

- Exactly.

- [Charlie] Or give wings to the creative.

- Yeah, so I used to stay out of it.

"I don't care.

"I'm an artist.

"I don't need it."

But this is my business now, and it is important.

My agent always says I'm his only client

that ever calls him back as soon as he,

because it's my business, and I respect my business.

- [Charlie] Your agent says you're his only client

that calls him back to say--

- Immediately.

- Immediately. - If I have a missed call,

I'm probably the only,

I return emails, I return phone calls because--

- [Charlie] Because you want to know what options there are.

- Yes, I've worked really hard to build this,

and I want to continue building it,

and it's my business, my personal business,

so I don't understand how people do slack.

- I'm really annoying with how I choose things,

'cause it's really like a feeling,

which just sounds stupid,

but sometimes I've read scripts before that have...

I just recently have read a script that I was sobbing.

I've never been so moved by a story,

and I thought it was the most beautiful, amazing story.

And I just couldn't wait for this movie to get made

so that the world could see it,

but I just wasn't her, I wasn't the character,

and I couldn't.

And I also had an experience once

where I read the script and I loved it,

but I couldn't stop picturing Amanda Seyfried,

and so I emailed the people and I was like,

"You got to hire Amanda Seyfried for this."

I couldn't stop picturing it.

So a lot of it is the things that he said,

you want to be part of a good film

and you want to make a good movie,

but there's also a huge emotional component for me

that I don't know how to describe it.

It's just kind of sometimes something clicks

and I feel like that person does

in a weird way exist in me,

and it sounds like a stupid thing to say,

and sometimes it just doesn't,

and sometimes I can read a character

and absolutely love her,

but I know that I could never, I'm not her or something,

I don't know.

- [Interviewer] So how was the experience

of being directed by David finally?

- Oh, a dream come true,

'cause when you're such a huge fan of somebody

you build it up so much

and you're always prepared to be let down,

but he was just the nicest, warmest, sweetest person

in the entire world,

just has such a warm, good energy,

and then he just directs in this,

I've never worked that way,

and that's such an incredible thing to do

is to kind of realize that there's no one or right way

to make a movie or direct an actor.

- [Interviewer] So did he do something

that you particularly liked that you haven't done?

- Yeah, he would interrupt like any monologue,

no matter what it was, no matter how serious, he would go,

"Oh, it's such bullshit.

"It's so bad, it's so bad." (laughs)

I'd be like, "Alright, let's do it again."

It's just like so funny to be able to like,

because you can be honest like on this whole new level.

That's why Bradley and I don't want to stop working together,

because we can just be like, "Don't say that.

"Don't wear that.

"What are you doing?"

Just boss each other around.

Yeah, I like him not wasting time

and just like cutting the bullshit,

and just getting real,

'cause I feel like everybody always treats actors like,

as they probably should, emotional like landmines,

everybody is like tip toeing around

'cause you never know what's going to set them off.

It's just a job like any other.

Sometimes you're going to be good,

and sometimes you're going to be bad.

I like it when somebody is like, "That was bad.

"Do it again."

- [Interviewer] So when he's saying that

he's saying it mostly about you guys, not about his script?

- No, it's never about a script.

It's always about our performance. (laughs)

- [Interviewer] You just missed the mark.

- Yeah no, it'll just be like,

"You were really bad."

The scariest part of my job

is the gamble of reading a script.

Which one do you do?

Who makes it?

You never know.

You can read an amazing script

and hire a director who seems fantastic,

and have an amazing co star,

and you can be on set and be completely out of control

and watch it either fall apart,

or you can love it

and then audiences don't respond,

and then there is planning of a year.

You know, if you're going to have this movie come out,

what follows that, and then what?

And that's the most stressful part of my job,

'cause it is a gamble,

but it's important to me that I do make those decisions.

I don't want an agent's career or a lawyer's career.

I need advice.

I have an amazing agent and I really respect his opinion,

but I would never do...

My entire career is dictated by a feeling,

and I've gone through great lengths

to try and make sure that it stays that way.

I've shed big parts of my team,

'cause I don't want more people to say no to.

- [Charlie] You trust your gut?

- I do, and sometimes I'm wrong.

- And when you're wrong, what do you think happens?

- Everything is fine, it happens.

In business there's ups and downs.

I would much rather blame myself though than go,

"I shouldn't have listened to that person."

At least I go, "Well, you learned."

- You know why you made the choice

even if it turned out to be the wrong choice.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- But when I just started

and I had no idea what I was doing,

I didn't what else to do, I didn't know how to act,

I just knew how to talk,

and I think once I started understanding I was like,

"Well, I don't really want to learn how to act.

"I just want to keep learning how to talk."

And I've always just been such a people studier

that I think that for me

the best schooling I could have ever gotten

was watching and listening to the world.

I mean just watching people talk,

watching people do different things.

So many of the things that I do on screen

are things that I've seen other people do

that I thought were interesting.

you know, like funny things with people's mouths,

or when they're upset the things they do with their hands.

Like this one time my friend was crying

and she was so upset.

She put her hands up

and she didn't know what to do with them

and they were just shaking.

And I was comforting her,

but at the same time I was like,

"That's kind of cool." (laughs)

- Do it again, do it again, yeah.

- Yes, yeah, I know.

It was like, "What did you do right there?"

So I had an emotional scene in The Poker House

and almost every time I cried I did that with my hands,

and I don't know, I just pick up from people.

- Having experienced the body image criticism in Hollywood,

what is your advice to young girls

dealing with the same treatment from their peers,

and response to those who judge others based on appearances?

- Well screw those people.

(audience laughs)

- No, and it-- (applause)

Oh, thanks. (laughs)

Yeah, I mean it's something that everybody experiences.

I experienced it in school before I was famous.

The world has a certain idea of,

you know, we see this airbrushed perfect model,

and then if you don't look like that, you're..

And it's just too easy for people.

I've got a million ideas coming at the same time,

but you just have to look past it.

You look how you look, and be comfortable.

Like what are you going to do, be hungry every single day

to make other people happy?

That's just dumb.

And the shows like the Fashion Police and things like that

are just showing these generations of young people

to judge people based on things,

they put values on all the things that are wrong,

and that it's okay to just point at people