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Festival Express: Jennifer Lawrence lets her hair down
The Hunger Games star explains how she unprepared for her role in David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook.
In attendance: Director/screenwriter David O. Russell, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Anupam Kher
Cast member who didn’t make it to the film festival: Robert DeNiro
The best one-word descriptor of Bradley Cooper’s hair: Windswept
David O. Russell, on Roy Thomson Hall: ”That theatre with 2,000 people is intense.”
Jennifer Lawrence on learning to dance: ”I had extra homework because I’m an extra-bad dancer.”
Number of journalists who admitted their favourite song is “Puff the Magic Dragon”: 1
Jennifer Lawrence, on what makes Bradley Cooper get emotional: ”He cries every time he hears ‘Call Me Maybe.’”
Bradley Cooper, on what makes him emotional: ”It’s more geographic locations. I remember when I was a kid, something happened in Colorado. I hate Colorado.”
The song that never fails to move Bradley Cooper emotionally: “Beautiful People”
Jennifer Lawrence, on her ambition to find good roles: ”I don’t really feel that much pressure. Either way, I’m gonna get paid whether I find a good movie or a bad one.”
Jacki Weaver, on working with two of Hollywood’s leading men: ”I was more overwhelmed with being [Robert] De Niro’s wife than Brad’s mother.”
Anupam Kher, after it took 25 minutes for someone to ask him a question: ”First of all, thank you, I was feeling ignored, and so was my mic.”
Anupam Kher, on auditioning for the film: ”When I Skyped for David, I was shooting in a village in Rajasthan, and they had not heard of Skype, and neither had I. The whole village was looking for Skype. It became folklore. Now everybody has a Skype there.”
Jennifer Lawrence, on meeting new people: ”The first day of work always feels like the first day of school: ‘Is anyone going to like me?!’”
David O. Russell, on how Jennifer Lawrence prepares: ”She’s eating potato chips and you don’t think she’s paying any attention whatsoever to what’s happening and you’re like, ‘I hope this works out.’”
Jennifer Lawrence, on preparation: ”I don’t prepare. It’s never a problem.”
Jacki Weaver, on longevity: “This November, I’ll have been a professional actor for 50 years. I’ve done 100 plays and only about 20 films. And a few TV series. I’ve got one foot in the grave.”
