"Jennifer Lawrence"

Summary

SmartLess Podcast - “Jennifer Lawrence”

Hosts: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
Guest: Jennifer Lawrence
Release Date: January 12, 2026

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of SmartLess features celebrated actress Jennifer Lawrence, known for her authenticity, humor, and award-winning performances. The hosts and Jennifer dive into her upbringing in Kentucky, her wild entry into acting, the peculiar realities of fame, parenthood, and her delightfully chaotic family. The conversation, peppered with mutual teasing and warmth, gives listeners a candid glimpse into Jennifer’s character, her fears about stardom, her approach to acting, and the surprising way she balances family life, mental health, and superstardom.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction & Jennifer’s “Living in Her Car” TikTok (07:01)

• Will’s Introduction: Will unveils Jennifer as the surprise guest, riffing on her “enormous wealth” and a humorous myth that she still lives in her first car.
• Jennifer Clarifies: “I don’t live in my car.” (07:01)
• The TikTok Rumor: Jennifer jokes about a TikTok that claims she never upgraded from her first car or house, debunking the myth playfully.

2. Early Life & Start in Acting

• Growing up in Kentucky: Jennifer shares growing up in Louisville with two older brothers, shaping her tough persona and “sass” on screen (11:21).
• Discovery in New York: She recounts the wild story of being “discovered” while watching street dancing in Union Square at age 14 (15:29).
  • Quote: “This guy, like, came over and was like, ‘I work for a modeling agency. Can I take your picture?’ And my mom and I were like, you know, had no survival instincts. We’re like, sure.” (16:23)
• Early Career Moves: With savings from babysitting and horse training, she and her brother move to NYC, and later to LA, to pursue acting.
• Fake Diploma to Work in Hollywood: Jennifer openly admits her family “faked” her GED with a Microsoft Word template to avoid costly on-set tutors (29:18).
  • Quote: “So I was an inexpensive minor. So my mom had my boyfriend at the time print out like a GED or a diploma... and it was fake.” (29:18)

3. Attitude Toward Fame & Acting

• Untrained Approach: Jennifer and Will connect over being “untrained” actors, discussing advice from Taylor Sheridan (now of Yellowstone fame), who once suggested Jennifer avoid acting lessons (25:23).
  • Quote: “He told my mom, ‘Don’t put her in any acting lessons…’ That guy randomly is Taylor Sheridan.” (25:23)
• Transition from TV to Film: Jennifer traces her career leap from sitcom (The Bill Engvall Show) to indie film success with Winter’s Bone and the subsequent wave of recognition (23:38–24:03).
• Indie Vibe vs. Blockbusters: She never imagined herself as anything but an “indie actress” until casting in The Hunger Games dramatically changed her level of fame (35:18).

4. Navigating Sudden Fame

• Hunger Games Deliberation: Jennifer details her fear of Twilight-style fame and her reluctance to become a household name—ultimately deciding to accept the role and embracing the career shift (36:08).
  • Quote: “I pictured myself being a soccer minivan [mom] ...what if I can’t do that... But I thought about it and then I said yes. And I—I don’t regret it.” (36:46)
• Impact of Stardom: The hosts probe the bizarre reality of not being able to go to a coffee shop without being noticed, and Jennifer jokes about using fame as an excuse to skip parties: “I can just be like, ‘Oh, I can’t come to your party. I’m too famous.’” (39:59)

5. Personal Life, Chaos, and Parenthood

• Balancing Chaos & Order: Jennifer discusses marrying someone extremely organized, which helps her balance her own chaotic upbringing (31:41).
  • Quote: “I married somebody who is the opposite of me. He is so organized... He’s an anchor.” (31:49–31:50)
• Parenting Mishaps & Scheduling: She confesses to the “15-minute wiggle room” in their household to keep marital harmony, and discloses her ADD makes sticking to strict routines difficult (32:39).
• Secrets of Hockey Mom Life: Now a “hockey mom” (not a soccer mom), she shares the quirks of her son’s hockey gear, her husband’s influence, and how family life differs from her Kentucky upbringing (45:14).

6. Education & Self-Learning

• School Regrets & Self-Education: Jennifer describes feeling envy toward people who completed traditional high school or college, offset by her own attempts at self-education with documentaries, library trips, and TV (28:30–31:05).
  • Quote: “I watched a lot of like, the History Channel and Animal Planet. I would go to the library... but then I would just read about... magic.” (31:05)

7. Relatable Fame Stories

• Handling Public Recognition: She maintains a low profile in public, avoiding hats and “big security guards” to blend in (54:12).
  • Quote: “I just get people, like, looking at me sideways, being like, she looks like that person.” (54:31)
• Embarrassing Encounters: Jennifer confesses to “frightening” Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) backstage at Fallon (50:07), and fangirling over Nathan Fielder and Larry David (51:10–51:12).
• Hot Ones Experience: She shares her ordeal on “Hot Ones,” revealing she eventually threw up after chugging too much ice water to soothe the spice (52:27).
  • Quote: “I threw up.” (52:27)

8. Work-Life Balance & Mental Health

• Handling Stress & Work: Jennifer speaks on her strategies to manage a busy schedule—admitting she prefers quiet, cozy home time, and is not used to “campaigning” or doing late-night Q&As (47:38).
• Game Nights & Socializing: The group bonds over game night traditions, preferred activities like Mahjong, and the pitfalls of hosting game-heavy parties (59:27–60:44).

9. Behind-the-Scenes: Upcoming Projects & Industry Stories

• Working with Lynne Ramsay: Will prompts Jennifer to discuss her recent, fulfilling collaboration with director Lynne Ramsey on Die, My Love—filmed in Alberta, Canada—and praises her and Robert Pattinson’s performances (57:00).
  • Quote: “It was just really cool and great. She’s just extremely instinctual. It’s kind of exactly what you want...” (57:52)
• Reality TV Obsessions: Jennifer discusses her affinity for shows like Vanderpump Rules, Southern Charm, and Real Housewives franchises. She finds Below Deck “too confusing” due to all the spin-offs (58:31–58:49).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Her Entry Into Acting

  • Jennifer Lawrence (16:23): “This guy, like, came over and was like, ‘I work for a modeling agency. Can I take your picture?’ And my mom and I were like… sure.”

• On Fame as a Double-Edged Sword

  • Jennifer Lawrence (36:46): “I pictured myself being a soccer minivan [mom]... what if I can’t do that... But I thought about it and then I said yes. And I—I don’t regret it.”

• On Parenting & Marriage

  • Jennifer Lawrence (31:49): “He is so organized... He’s an anchor.”
  • Jennifer Lawrence (32:39): “We’ve learned to keep our marriage alive, I have a 15 minute wiggle room.”

• On Legacy of Chaos vs. Organization

  • Jennifer Lawrence (31:05): “I watched a lot of like, the History Channel and Animal Planet. I would go to the library... but then I would just read about... magic.”

• On “Hot Ones” Regret

  • Jennifer Lawrence (52:27): “Oh, I threw up.”

• On Maintaining Normalcy

  • Jennifer Lawrence (54:12): “That doesn’t really apply. I just do. I do stuff... I just get people, like, looking at me sideways, being like, she looks like that person.”

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Segment Timestamps

• Intro & Myths About Jennifer’s Car — 07:01
• Early Life, Family, Kentucky Roots — 10:09–11:21
• Acting “Discovery” & Move to New York — 15:29–17:39
• Fake GED & Bill Engvall Show — 18:02–23:38
• Working with Taylor Sheridan — 25:23–26:40
• Indie Career to Hunger Games Leap — 35:18–36:53
• Dealing with Fame & “Too Famous To Go Out” — 39:54–40:15
• Parenthood, Marriage, Chaos vs. Order — 31:41–32:39 & 45:11–47:13
• Handling Recognition in Public — 54:12–54:49
• Fangirl Moments, Hot Ones Stories — 50:07–53:03
• Working with Lynne Ramsay — 57:00–57:52
• Reality TV & Game Night Confessions — 58:17–60:44

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Tone & Vibe

The conversation is energetic, teasing, and down-to-earth. Jennifer matches the hosts in self-deprecating humor and candor, contributing to a fun and relatable dialogue. The episode is full of quick asides, sibling-style ribbing, and unexpected vulnerability, which makes it both entertaining and revealing.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

• What you’ll get: An intimate look at Jennifer Lawrence’s unique path to stardom, her family’s quirky improvisation, the realities of sudden fame, work-life balance, and refreshing honesty about both her anxieties and joys.
• If you’re a fan of: Candid celebrity stories, unconventional career trajectories, and parenting/career-life balance with plenty of laughs.

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Jennifer departs on a note of camaraderie, promising to join the trio for future game nights—a fitting end to an episode brimming with warmth, wit, and authenticity.

Transcript

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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[Jason Bateman]

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[Sean Hayes]

Good morning.

[Will Arnett]

Hi.

[Sean Hayes]

Jinx, buy me a Coke. Do you know. Do you drink Coke? Do you even know what a Coke is?

[Will Arnett]

No, I don't. And what is that? Hang on a second. Jinx, buy me a Coke. That's a jinx.

[Sean Hayes]

Buy me a Coke. You never heard jinx, buy me a Coke. When you say the same thing, you go, jinx, buy me a Coke.

[Will Arnett]

I've never heard buy me a cook. Is that a Chicago thing? Maybe.

[Sean Hayes]

I don't know. I think it's a universal American thing.

[Will Arnett]

No, I've been living in America for quite some time and I've worked for Universal.

[Jason Bateman]

Oh, that's right.

[Will Arnett]

Neither of those instances. Did I. Did I hear that phrase, welcome to a new smart list.

[Jason Bateman]

Smart less. Smart less. Smart less.

[Will Arnett]

Hey, Sean. Sean. You got up a little early today and did your hair, huh?

[Sean Hayes]

Well, it's left over from last night, but I got it.

[Will Arnett]

Did you sleep in a bonnet?

[Sean Hayes]

No.

[Jason Bateman]

Did you just.

[Will Arnett]

You know, my daughters, My daughters both sleep in bonnets now so their hair wakes up nice and fresh.

[Sean Hayes]

Really?

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. Yeah, I don't think it's like silky satin bonnets.

[Jason Bateman]

Look at a night shirt and a bonnet. When they go, they walk around with a candle. Candle.

[Will Arnett]

Like Scrooge.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah. Oh. Oh.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, Lord.

[Jason Bateman]

Uh.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh. He is ill.

[Will Arnett]

I'm sick still.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

How about I got a. Two colds in two weeks.

[Sean Hayes]

I know.

[Will Arnett]

I can't believe that I got thera flu going right now.

[Jason Bateman]

I did that same thing. Jb, we were talking about yesterday. I had three colds since October and they just went back to back to back like insane.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. Why am I. Are you. Why am I such a. When I'm sick.

[Sean Hayes]

Are you on the mend?

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, but I still coughing and I'm grouchy and draggy and.

[Jason Bateman]

Can Sean bring you something?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, I mean, sorry, can we.

[Will Arnett]

No, he. I get it. I know. Who's a caretaker here.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

How?

[Will Arnett]

He did offer twice yesterday.

[Jason Bateman]

I know.

[Will Arnett]

Such an angel.

[Sean Hayes]

Well, I mean, do you really want me to.

[Will Arnett]

Well, no. I haven't asked you for anything yet, but I'm good. I'm all right.

[Jason Bateman]

If you want something, Nick is happy to bring something over. For sure.

[Sean Hayes]

My assistant will.

[Will Arnett]

Where are you? Are you in?

[Jason Bateman]

I'm home. I'm in la.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. It's so nice.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, so you're. Wait, you're closer to me than Sean is, so you can bring me something?

[Jason Bateman]

I would love to. I would love to. And if I. I'm just looking at my calendar now. I would love to.

[Will Arnett]

You looking for sleeves for your shirt today?

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, I know. Says me. Listen, at least. At least I'm wearing. Just because it's like gym wear. You know what I mean? I'm not, like, pulling a thorough.

[Will Arnett]

Are you guys. When you're sick?

[Jason Bateman]

Yes.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. I'm the worst.

[Jason Bateman]

All dudes are. All dudes are.

[Sean Hayes]

I'm the worst.

[Will Arnett]

No, I think some guys can just kind of push through it. Me, I, like, cancel everything. I'm surprised. I didn't. Well, I know why I didn't cancel this. Yeah, I know I didn't cancel this. This has been canceled before.

[Jason Bateman]

I know. You.

[Will Arnett]

You.

[Jason Bateman]

I know. I ran into somebody on the weekend. Jb, Not a. And sorry, I'm hearing less gain from Rob. From me. Okay, got you loud and clear, Rob. Thank you, Jesus.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, did he give you a side text to lower your gain?

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, he did. He's like, we're getting rude. 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 that you had to cancel because you were sick.

[Sean Hayes]

That probably would have been me.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, I was supposed to go to a party with Shawnee. And. What else? Oh, I was supposed to do some freaking press thingy, and I couldn't. And it was impressive. 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.

[Sean Hayes]

I love dirty carrier.

[Jason Bateman]

Get into. I love when people start to try to do, like, who they got the cold from and. Because we all just get it from.

[Will Arnett]

You know what I mean? But it's. It's her. And I had just gotten over Covid. I was. Remind us how old Michael is supposed to be babysitting. And then she's. I. 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. Because your lips. Your lips will tell you you can't put your hand against it because your hand is hot or cold.

[Sean Hayes]

But what do you mean your lips?

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

If you rest your lips before thermometers, for sure. That's what we. But for sure.

[Will Arnett]

I think I got it by doing that. Putting lips against her sweaty.

[Sean Hayes]

No, you can't get it from that. How do you probably. She sneezed on her hand or something. She touched the surface, and you just have to.

[Jason Bateman]

With her. Who knows? And you both got it from somewhere else. I mean, what is she gonna. You're gonna start to do? What, are you gonna sue the person?

[Will Arnett]

No, I know, I know. I remember that. Would remember that during COVID everyone was like, do you think they got it from.

[Jason Bateman]

I know.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Who do you think?

[Jason Bateman]

I know.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. Anyway, I like it their fault.

[Jason Bateman]

Anyway.

[Sean Hayes]

Anyway. Look, jay, you have 50 minutes left before you can go back to sleep.

[Will Arnett]

All right? Hey, I think maybe we should move tomorrow's thing to do a zoom. I don't know if I can make it to that lunch. What do you think about that? What do you think? Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Love it. See, I got you.

[Jason Bateman]

I'd love to not see you tomorrow. To be honest, if you are still ill. Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

See, no one wants to get sick.

[Sean Hayes]

No.

[Will Arnett]

All right, here we go. I'm gonna fucking pull up my bootstraps for this one because this is. This is.

[Jason Bateman]

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. And the fact that you did do this is a real sign of respect to the guests. Because knowing you and knowing how selfish you are, this is remarkable that you were able to.

[Will Arnett]

This is a big deal for me. I like this person. I know this person 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 want 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 lib 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 Maroney.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I don't live in my car.

[Will Arnett]

You do live in your car.

[Jason Bateman]

Living in your.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Are you referring to this TikTok? I've seen it.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, no. Really?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, there's a TikTok that.

[Sean Hayes]

Where you're living in your car that.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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.

[Will Arnett]

Will's already trying to pull it up. I don't have TikTok.

[Jason Bateman]

I'm not. I'm not. I was putting my thing on. Do not serve.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Hi, guys.

[Sean Hayes]

Hi.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I listened to this podcast. I'm really excited to be on.

[Will Arnett]

Do you really know that you're here? She was supposed to be. She was my guest for the bowl.

[Jason Bateman]

Yes.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, I know. I found out.

[Will Arnett]

How excited were you, Jennifer, to get.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

The cancel when it got canceled?

[Will Arnett]

Just like, the greatest call ever. I mean, for a person like me who likes to sit at home all day when the rain came in.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. You know, it felt like a blessing. Sure.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. I don't know if I feel that way, but I have. Yeah. It seemed like God was shining down.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Just the smartless cast and me.

[Will Arnett]

It would have been nice to be out there. How fun to be out there at the bowl.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Would you. You guys wouldn't get staged. Well, you guys do this in front of audiences a lot, so you're used to.

[Will Arnett]

I would have been nervous. I would have.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

You would have been nervous.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, that's.

[Will Arnett]

That's a big deal.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

The bowl, is that a part of, like, you being, like, a little bitch?

[Will Arnett]

I am a little bitch.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Of what you were saying earlier. So you brought it up, not me.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

I would have faked it, though.

[Sean Hayes]

But he found the time to comb his hair today, which is nice.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I didn't expect one of you to be in a tank top.

[Jason Bateman]

I know. I'm sorry. It's not a tank.

[Will Arnett]

It's not a tank. It's a sleeveless T shirt like Justin Theroux. Is it from Theroux's Target line?

[Jason Bateman]

He wishes.

[Will Arnett]

He's got a new line at Target, doesn't he?

[Jason Bateman]

He wishes he should have a line at Target, Obviously.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I thought you guys meant Thoreau.

[Will Arnett]

Is that from the Row?

[Jason Bateman]

The Row.

[Will Arnett]

Ooh, that would be A good way for him to mark it.

[Jason Bateman]

The row.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

I was at the gym. Pardon my appearance.

[Sean Hayes]

Jennifer, so nice to meet you. Where do we find you today?

[Jason Bateman]

Jesus.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I am in my bedroom in New York. I'm in my car. My first car.

[Will Arnett]

If you had to live in a car, what kind of car do you think it would be?

[Jason Bateman]

Oh, good.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Like a camper van.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, I. How about he. Willie, I've never talked to you about this. The new VW electric bus that you drive in your new movie.

[Sean Hayes]

It's rad.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, but how that was. I like. I fantasize. I want that car. Is it great?

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah. I mean, it's. Yes.

[Will Arnett]

Listen to how careful he has to be with his GMC content. And I'm thinking about my Hyundai thing right now and thinking. What? We got to cut this. But I think that I'm a Volvo gal myself.

[Jason Bateman]

Are you.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, do you do the Volvo voice?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

90.

[Will Arnett]

What? No. You don't do the voice?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, no. I just drive a Volvo.

[Jason Bateman]

You drive.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, you do an Audi. I'm an Audi. Audi.

[Will Arnett]

No one's asking.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

My husband's an Audi guy.

[Will Arnett]

Is he?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. Well, this is what it's like to be one of the guys.

[Will Arnett]

Wait.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, but I would say, to answer your question, it would be a GMC Yukon xl. Denali.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, Jesus.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, where are my questions? Here I come.

[Jason Bateman]

Blue. I have a blue one. Sorry.

[Will Arnett]

All right. Is it Jen or is it Jennifer?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Jen. Jennifer if you're, like, trying to get.

[Will Arnett]

My attention, or Jennifer if I'm scolding.

[Sean Hayes]

Jennifer.

[Jason Bateman]

Jennifer.

[Will Arnett]

What about how cool that middle name Schrader is? I like that.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. I didn't. I didn't. I didn't care about it growing up.

[Will Arnett]

But you didn't like it.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. No, that's cool.

[Will Arnett]

Is that a family name?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Can you imagine if it wasn't a family name? It's my grandma's maiden name.

[Jason Bateman]

It's nice.

[Will Arnett]

That's a great first name.

[Jason Bateman]

Because Jason hasn't bothered to get to this. Where are you from? I don't know enough. I don't know at all. I want to know.

[Will Arnett]

I want to have my first question.

[Jason Bateman]

Guess. Guess. Yeah, guess.

[Will Arnett]

I feel like this is kind of well known.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I wonder if there's a state that will offend me.

[Jason Bateman]

Can I. 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 I'm going to Winterbone. Winterbone. I think of you of being from, like, Missouri.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Appalachia.

[Jason Bateman]

Or Appalachia or whatever it is that's in my mind. That's how great you are in that.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, thank you.

[Jason Bateman]

So I'm gonna say you are from.

[Will Arnett]

Take your time. Will.

[Jason Bateman]

Can I just say West Virginia.

[Will Arnett]

You can again. Adjacent Kentucky. All right. Louisville.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, okay.

[Will Arnett]

All right. How about that? Yeah. And now she here. 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 grabbed? See, this is not what I need to do. I gotta re. I gotta read the questions first, and I gotta make them my own. Are we still rolling?

[Jason Bateman]

This is such a loose operation.

[Will Arnett]

Hey, hey.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I don't. You're not wearing a shirt.

[Will Arnett]

You got two brothers. You got. See? 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. 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?

[Sean Hayes]

Ah, thank you.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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. 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 too, now.

[Will Arnett]

Right. But I feel like that 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 want to make this about me, but we're going to. For a second. I kind of try to find what is the part of me that's closest to the part. And it seems like, because I never catch you acting that. It seems like you're. You're. You're staying inside your goalposts, your. The limits of. Of. Of what? Different parts of Jen.

[Jason Bateman]

You have no limits in my view.

[Sean Hayes]

Sorry.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. You know, but would that be fair that maybe you were doing what Meryl was talking about and she just kind of put words to it?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, I think that's fair. Where's everybody from? Can we do a roll call?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Sean.

[Sean Hayes]

I'm from Chicago, Illinois.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I love Chicago.

[Sean Hayes]

Isn't Chicago great? Yeah, the vibe is cool.

[Jason Bateman]

This is slippery slope, Jen.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

What? He loves to talk about Chicago.

[Jason Bateman]

Oh my God, here we go.

[Sean Hayes]

It's pretty fantastic. I mean, it's.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

People from Chicago, they really love it. And the suburbs, like right outside of Chicago.

[Jason Bateman]

No way.

[Sean Hayes]

By the way, this is my high school. I'm wearing the T shirt.

[Jason Bateman]

Are you serious? Hilltoppers. What is. And then she mentioned it and then you're wearing it.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. Jen, why do you love Chicago so much? Have you done time there?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Done time? Yeah, it's about 16, 16 months up in Chicago. My. I had like cousins that lived there. So then I would go and visit as a kid.

[Sean Hayes]

Have you ever shot, have you ever worked there?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, I've never worked there.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, it's pretty cool. Your cousin's in one of those suburbs, like in the, like in planes, trains and automobiles, when he comes home to that, to that house for Thanksgiving. That, to me, that's the idyllic suburban.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

You know, that's like the only Thanksgiving movie I know.

[Will Arnett]

I put it on Yesterday for my 13 year old as a Christmas movie. And she saw in the little synopsis, right before I click 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.

[Jason Bateman]

Sounds like you're a kid.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, but Jen, you know, 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 the neighborhoods around. So. And I was in high school when they would come out Pretty in Pink, you know, Home Alone or whatever.

[Will Arnett]

Ferris Bueller.

[Sean Hayes]

Ferris Bueller, like all those. So it was like, wow, I was so enamored.

[Jason Bateman]

We talked about your affinity for Ducky and how much you identified with duckies.

[Sean Hayes]

I was called Ducky all the time.

[Jason Bateman]

No way.

[Sean Hayes]

But anyway. But did you. So that was the thing that influenced me was being Hollywood coming to Chicago. And I was like, wow, it was so close to me. What was that for you in Louisville?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Well, I just want to. 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 Hollywood like in Kentucky?

[Sean Hayes]

No, but man, like, what was the influence for you? What was the outside influence to go, wow, I want to do that?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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, and then.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, really?

[Will Arnett]

Really?

[Sean Hayes]

Were you a breakdancer? Is that what you mean? Like, break dance?

[Will Arnett]

She was waiting to get on the cardboard.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, I did that, too. That's crazy.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, I did not.

[Will Arnett]

She's kidding.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I was just.

[Sean Hayes]

I did it.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

That's.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait, street dancing? So what, you were just watching and somebody saw you, or were you street dancing, too?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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.

[Jason Bateman]

How were you discovered? Yeah. Wait, what happened?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

This guy, like, came over and was like, I work for a modeling agency. Can I take your picture? And my mom and I were like, you know, had no survival instincts. We're like, sure. Do you want to go to a hotel? Like, you want to take pictures of me?

[Will Arnett]

That seems like you want to take pictures. Shirt on, off.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

What do you think?

[Will Arnett]

Tops on.

[Jason Bateman]

Wait, wait, wait. So. So they go. So this person comes up. I want to know this. So this person comes up and goes, hey, we're from a modeling agency. We want you to. We want to sign you. We want to do picture. Whatever that. That. Is that sort of creepy. And then what's the. What's the progression from there? How does that all. How do you start making movies?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I signed with an agency that allowed me to, like, act, which was, like, commercials and stuff.

[Sean Hayes]

Out of Louisville or. This is still in Louisville?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No. So we had to go back to Louisville. But now that I knew that this was an opportunity, I was just like, poof. 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 gonna die.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, just the two of you?

[Jason Bateman]

Wait, just the two of you?

[Will Arnett]

To New York?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. Our first meal was at Applebee's in Times Square.

[Will Arnett]

No way.

[Jason Bateman]

As it was familiar, Sbarro was closed.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. I think mine was at the M and M store or whatever. But wait, what about last meal?

[Jason Bateman]

She said first meal.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay. You were 14. How old was your brother at the time?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

18.

[Sean Hayes]

So. And your mom and dad were just like, great, go. Have a good time.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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.

[Sean Hayes]

Right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

So they gave. So they sent me with my back.

[Jason Bateman]

So you just dropped out of school and.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 in la.

[Will Arnett]

This is the Bill Engel Show.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I was supposed to. The Bill Engvall 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 couldn't. We just kind of left it.

[Will Arnett]

Left it?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow.

[Will Arnett]

Leave it.

[Sean Hayes]

And who drove you to la? Was it the photographer?

[Will Arnett]

In a van.

[Sean Hayes]

In a van.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

My dad drove us in the black era from Kentucky to la.

[Will Arnett]

Wow.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow.

[Will Arnett]

Why. Why didn't we fly? We needed a car in la.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

We needed a car in la.

[Will Arnett]

Okay.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

And we did a perfect swap. We. We rented. We swapped our apartment in New York for somebody else's house in la, and it was just a Craigslist situation.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, wow. They sublet your. Your apartment, you mean? Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

And then we take their house.

[Will Arnett]

Just a bunch of gypsies just running around the country chasing an artistic dream. I love it.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I know. It's like rehearsal, season two, and it's like, this guy's gonna fly you on a commercial and he's like, how many people said. Said no? And he's like, no button. And he's like, actors, dude.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Such intense dreamers.

[Sean Hayes]

I saw that. That was good.

[Will Arnett]

And we will be right back.

[Sean Hayes]

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[Will Arnett]

And now back to the show.

[Jason Bateman]

So you're out to la. You're still for. So this is. This is months after this Union Square moment. Months later, you book a sitcom. Like, pretty. Pretty early on.

[Sean Hayes]

Do we know the sitcom or was.

[Will Arnett]

It just a pilot or Bill Engville?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

It was called the Bill Engvall 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. On the hiatus of that show. And then the show got canceled, which was perfect timing.

[Will Arnett]

But. But so what were this.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

And just like the rain canceling our show. It was just like the rain.

[Will Arnett]

It's a blessing.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

So looking down.

[Will Arnett]

But this. 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.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

The rest of my life. I was so comfortable that I found ways I thought it had to be harder. So I remember, like, 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.

[Will Arnett]

Right, right, right. Well, that's really interesting, though, because people do they. I don't know, I feel like some people like 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 actor. You're so naturalistic, yet you are incredibly. Well, what would you call awarded? Nominated.

[Sean Hayes]

Recognized.

[Jason Bateman]

Recognized.

[Will Arnett]

Recognized. Thank 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?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

You know, my mom took me to some guy that, like, the agency. Don't worry, it doesn't end like that.

[Jason Bateman]

Okay.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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. 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.

[Will Arnett]

Ooh.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, wow.

[Will Arnett]

Is that weird.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait, what?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

In that trip, I guess he was like an acting teacher or something back in the day.

[Sean Hayes]

That's crazy.

[Will Arnett]

Way I feel like he was an. I think his story is that he was an actor.

[Sean Hayes]

Right?

[Will Arnett]

And Then started writing and wrote Sicario.

[Jason Bateman]

That was kind of around for a while and Denis. Yeah, it's great. And Denis found him. Remember he told that story. He just, he kind of found. It was like wait, this is the.

[Sean Hayes]

Greatest script I've ever written for Tracy. Just so she knows. Taylor Sheridan created Yellowstone.

[Will Arnett]

And I feel like Tracy doesn't need any help on that one. Yeah, well she may, she may, she may. So he was 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 piece of advice that was. Cause you don't, you don't do that. You're very easy to watch. Mrs. Wow.

[Jason Bateman]

So Taylor Sheridan was the guys. 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.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, just that brief period and. Wow.

[Sean Hayes]

And you haven't run into him since?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 and A for a movie like two, two or three years ago, so.

[Will Arnett]

Oh no way.

[Jason Bateman]

So he might, he might not even remember that connection.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh yeah, I know. I mean why would he. I was just like a little kid.

[Will Arnett]

Right.

[Jason Bateman]

Let's get him on the horn.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. That's wild. All right. So all the. So the acting is comfortable. You're getting some good. You're getting good jobs. You get winter's bone and winter's bone gets.

[Jason Bateman]

Sean would give anything to have a winter's bone. What'd he do? Yeah, give anything, don't give anything because.

[Will Arnett]

Your bear goes into hibernation during the winter. Winter, Right. Shy.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, exactly. We got a fight there.

[Will Arnett]

It's not till spring until you guys get.

[Jason Bateman]

That little cub doesn't come back without until spring.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

They're so proud of themselves.

[Jason Bateman]

So fun. So fun.

[Will Arnett]

Now we're cooking with good bit guys. So wait so Jen. So now, so now winter's bone comes out. Everybody loves Jennifer Lawrence.

[Jason Bateman]

Yes.

[Will Arnett]

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?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Well then by then 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 the Organization of even just having the credits or 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.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow, really? That. That you. But you don't have any regrets about missing out on it?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 and. Yeah, well.

[Will Arnett]

But did you ever have to go to school on set or were you. Were you emancipated?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 Microsoft Word. And it's not like a studio was gonna be like, hey, let's.

[Sean Hayes]

Let's check this out.

[Jason Bateman]

So it was fake.

[Will Arnett]

It was fake, Genie.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, it was fake.

[Will Arnett]

God, I love this family. This family is incredible.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, you should see us at Christmas. We really rip.

[Jason Bateman]

Oh, me.

[Sean Hayes]

All right.

[Will Arnett]

But now, cuz, like, I don't know.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 was being polite 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 wouldn't you know it, two weeks later, I got ringworm.

[Sean Hayes]

No way.

[Will Arnett]

Must meet your mom. 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.

[Sean Hayes]

But it's so funny because then I hear both you, Jay, and you, Jennifer, talk about that. Sorry, Jen. And it's like, I like that we all.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Okay, sh.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, that. I know. That's my sh.

[Jason Bateman]

That.

[Sean Hayes]

What was I gonna 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 wanted to act. When I was really young, I was like, envious of you guys. I was like, oh, that seems.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

But are you envious now?

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. Not really.

[Sean Hayes]

Well, I like my experience quite a lot.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, you do?

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

You like, I mean, you're. You're a hilltopper for life, obviously.

[Sean Hayes]

That's right.

[Will Arnett]

That's what the T shirt says if it's school.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Jb, I didn't realize that we had so much in common like this.

[Will Arnett]

I mean, what. But what was your, what was your way to self educate? Mine was watching Charlie Rose and trying to read newspapers.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, I watched a lot of like, like the History Channel and Animal Planet. I would go to the library, but we didn't. I didn't have like a library card. My family, we just weren't like organized. We didn't like, pay for things. So I would go, but then I would just read about, like, you'd sneak in. Magic.

[Will Arnett]

About magic.

[Sean Hayes]

I'm gonna get a degree in magic.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Wait, I mean, left to my own devices.

[Jason Bateman]

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?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

That's such a good question. I married somebody who is the opposite of me. He is so organized.

[Sean Hayes]

He's an anchor.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

He's an anchor.

[Will Arnett]

Everything's ordered.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Everything is ordered. Like on the sink, like, I have to keep the closet doors closed. I have like my little jobs that I work really hard to do.

[Will Arnett]

What's the thing you just can't fucking do? Goddammit. And he gets after you all the time. Jen, what's the matter with you? Why can't you blank?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, I know, I know, I know. The schedule. So what? 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, 7:30, like, I don't know, I don't know.

[Sean Hayes]

He does most of that.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Well, he just keeps.

[Will Arnett]

He's good at keeping the time.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

He's good at keeping it. But we've learned to keep our marriage alive. I have a 15 minute wiggle room.

[Will Arnett]

Right. Otherwise you can't be held to the precise times, otherwise the marriage is gonna suffer.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 know. Is anybody here? Add?

[Will Arnett]

I think I am. Or I'm obsessive 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 gonna happen until.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, 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 gonna be, where everything's happening. None of that is like confirmed or real, but my imagination about it is so strong. Like yesterday we were going to the circus. We were gonna go to the circus at 11. 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 12:30 and the circus was at 11. Like stuff like that.

[Sean Hayes]

Like, it's just pretty toxic because you didn't see on the schedule or because.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Because what 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.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, yeah, but doesn't your. How about like the iPhone was such. It used to be just in a sea of post its before the iPhone. Like I couldn't remember anything. I was always like missing appointments. But now the iPhone with the little alarm situation, the little calendar, it doesn't work for me.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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, it never does it.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, see, Yeah, I get it.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

And then it'll just like call my trainer.

[Jason Bateman]

Cause it wants to help you get beautiful. Listen.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, it's very instinctual.

[Will Arnett]

What about a nice assistant? Let's get you a nice assistant or two.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, I have the best. I love my assistant, but it's really hard what I put that. I don't. It's not that bad. I mean, my God, I'm a mother. My kids get to school on time.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Now, okay, so everything's cruising along and it's feeling kind of normal. Winter's bone happens.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

And that just like Winter's bone 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 other things that were like so. And I had gotten like little awards for them for like two other jobs.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, but you still have kind of an indie. Indie vibe, like in the best way. I mean, that As a compliment.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, I take it as a compliment. Thank you.

[Jason Bateman]

You do?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 awards season for. No wait, that was silver linings. So I got famous just from booking Hunger Games. And then.

[Will Arnett]

Oh. Because the people who were fans of the book were like, oh, she's gonna be.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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. I'm too famous.

[Will Arnett]

So then were you reluctant, you were reluctant to take that part? Cause you thought it was gonna be too.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, I thought it was gonna. Yeah, Twilight had come out and it was like, holy fuckin shit. Like there 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 minivan and like, you know, and what if I'm. What if I can't do that? Because there's like, you know.

[Will Arnett]

Right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I'm like Kim Kardashian or something. But I thought about it and then I said yes. And I. I don't, I don't regret it.

[Will Arnett]

But wait, wait, wait. Before you said yes, what. Take us through the sort of the deliberation process. Who did. Did you. 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. And figuring it out?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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, mostly everybody's like, are you insane? You have to say yes to that. You're gonna regret that for the rest of your life.

[Jason Bateman]

Right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 the.

[Will Arnett]

I know Isn't the new one, like all these years later?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, my God.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. 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 gonna be successful. You know, do I associate myself with that? But that's the thing where we want. We want to be success. Anybody wants to be successful in any job, they do.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I know, but our job is very closely connected with our lives.

[Sean Hayes]

Right?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I mean, I guess everybody's is, but.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

So you say yes to the thingy at the Hunger Games and then you.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Get the nomination, and then my saying yes happened. That was announced at the same. In the same season as award season for Silver Linings Playbook, which I was like, winning all of those awards leading up to that. You win before you win the Big Daddy. And so I became the most famous person in the world and I over, like, yeah, yeah, yeah, it was fast.

[Will Arnett]

And tell me what honest ratio between excitement and fear and panic?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, God, I don't know. Because they. They blend, right?

[Will Arnett]

It must have been exciting for a second.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 in 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 at four in the morning and then going to set for the hunger games at 7 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, because I just didn't live anywhere.

[Sean Hayes]

Right. And it was probably a great distraction to like. The craziness was a distraction to not absorb everything.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. And I, like, lived with my best friend, so that was nice. That definitely stopped me from getting full of myself.

[Jason Bateman]

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 a such a big part of your life had just kind of gone by?

[Will Arnett]

You can't go to Starbucks anymore. And like, all that stuff started to really kind of.

[Jason Bateman]

Did it feel like a time warp?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

A time warp, yeah. But you know what? It was like, I am a homebody, 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.

[Will Arnett]

Like being pregnant, right? You can just say, oh, yeah, no, I gotta go. I gotta leave early.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Like being pregnant.

[Will Arnett]

Well, yeah. My wife.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Do you do that, like, when your wife is pregnant?

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, it was like. It was. It's a great way to get out of a party early. Or doctor or you have the baby at home, you know.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, yeah. Now with kids, you don't have to do anything.

[Will Arnett]

Does it with his dog, Ricky.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

Sean does it all the time. He's like, we got to get back to Ricky. And we're like, at 7pm You've been gone two hours.

[Will Arnett]

Did she leave a bunch of food out?

[Sean Hayes]

No.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Well, I mean, do you not have kids?

[Sean Hayes]

I don't have. We don't have kids, no. But we have a dog.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

But not human kids. You have such calm dad energy.

[Will Arnett]

I know.

[Sean Hayes]

You know what? Because I didn't have one. So that's another podcast. But, yeah, because 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, I've written.

[Will Arnett]

Like, three jokes since you've been talking about just driving fast, about stick shift. Yeah, yeah, go ahead, keep going.

[Sean Hayes]

But, yeah, no, but I always said I. Neither me or Scotty. My husband is 100% wanting kids. And I was like, if he was 100%, it was like, oh, my God, I want. I want him so bad. 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.

[Will Arnett]

I do feel, though, that, like, well, 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 what it's worth. That was.

[Jason Bateman]

I don't know.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Whenever anybody tells me, like, I'm not sure, I'm like, don't do it.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Because 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?

[Sean Hayes]

Right?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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?

[Sean Hayes]

Right, right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Like that's the way it should be.

[Sean Hayes]

And it doesn't help. Like I said this too. It doesn't help like while, while somebody's rocking their screaming baby, you know, behind their back, they go, don't have kids. And like, okay, well, I've seen that enough.

[Will Arnett]

Just bits. We're doing bits.

[Jason Bateman]

Just bits.

[Will Arnett]

We're doing bits. Just bits.

[Sean Hayes]

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[Will Arnett]

But speaking of babies. Now Jen, now you. Now are you the soccer mom that you were dreaming about? Like, does it tell?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I'm an ice hockey mom.

[Will Arnett]

No way.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. I never saw that coming in Kentucky. I'm an ice hockey mom.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. Wait, the four year old is playing ice hockey?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Or is it dad?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. No, the four year old.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

That's a cool thing.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I mean my husband played hockey growing up and he's. That's so hot when they play hockey together. Like in the house. Like it true. It really turns me on.

[Jason Bateman]

Is he Canadian?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No. Well, almost Vermont.

[Jason Bateman]

Okay, good. Yeah, yeah. We love hockey. Hockey's my sport.

[Will Arnett]

But what about that? Has that hockey gear started smelling yet on the four year old because the hockey gear is bad.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, he told me I had to brush my teeth yesterday.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, your four year old.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

He was like, you should brush your teeth, mommy.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, they'll tell you straight.

[Jason Bateman]

I used to have to bring my hockey equipment in the side and had to take it to the basement because it smelled so bad. The hockey bag is the worst. My mom would be like, it had to be. Had to keep it in the boiler room at the house because it smelled so bad.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, so, but Jen, don't you just.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

What do you do about that baking?

[Jason Bateman]

Nothing. Nothing. You just. It just is what it is.

[Will Arnett]

You go buy new stuff.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

A. Are you Canadian?

[Jason Bateman]

I'm Canadian, yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh.

[Jason Bateman]

Boy.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. That'll stop it. We'll tighten everything. I'm, I'm, I'm tempted to just like not ever work again and just be like home with kids and like.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, that's me. I identify as a stay at home mom.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

But I am obviously a mom.

[Jason Bateman]

When he says home and kids, he means on the golf course.

[Will Arnett]

But listen, I've actually, I've lost my passion for that lately. I don't know what's going on.

[Jason Bateman]

I know. Same here.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

You're just sick. You'll get.

[Will Arnett]

I know. Yeah, but I do, I do love, I love not doing anything. Like right now we're listener. We're in the holidays right now. And this will air later, but the two weeks around Christmas and New Year's. I just love that there's nothing to do except stay in your PG days. Make a fire and, and watch movies.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, I love that. Yeah. Nothing's required.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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.

[Will Arnett]

Right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I just go to work, I do that, I come home, I sleep and then I do it again.

[Sean Hayes]

Right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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.

[Will Arnett]

Right. So right now you're doing some campaigning and it's, 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?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I, I'm, I like doing stuff like this. This is like a fun conversation with interesting people.

[Will Arnett]

Right. As opposed to doing when do they get here?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

But like Q and A, you know like a Q and A that like starts at 9 like 9pm yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, after the screen how do you stay awake? What time do you go to bed? I have half an eye open at.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

8:30 and I am in bed. I'm Kindle is lit until like 9:15 and then I don't even have like Kindle light on normally by 9:15.

[Will Arnett]

So Kindle will put you to sleep.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Reading puts you to sleep.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Will's a big reader.

[Sean Hayes]

You know the, that's true though, like the old, like the older you get. I went to a couple parties that started at like 8 o' clock at night. I'm like, who starts a party at eight?

[Will Arnett]

Well that, this, that one this weekend that I couldn't get to started at 8. What time did you get there? There?

[Sean Hayes]

I got there right at 8.

[Will Arnett]

Right at 8. So you could leave at 8:30.

[Sean Hayes]

That's right.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I was planning on going to a Christmas party tomorrow but it's, it starts at nine so.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

What?

[Jason Bateman]

That's rude.

[Will Arnett]

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.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

A lot of booze and I just. You can't, you can't be hungover with a nine month old. Three year old is just not an option.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait Jen, when you were imitating your mom that was so funny and she has that, that southern, you know, drawl or twang or whatever. Did you have that and got rid of it or did you never have it?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, I had it and got rid of it. I. I listened to, like, CDs.

[Will Arnett]

Come on. Really?

[Jason Bateman]

Did you really?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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. I think that probably just time.

[Sean Hayes]

Time. Yeah, time in Los Angeles.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Especially that young 14, 50. You just start sounding like you're your surroundings.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah. You just. I got rid of my Canadian accent.

[Sean Hayes]

The same way when.

[Jason Bateman]

Get out, Sean.

[Sean Hayes]

How dare you?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

You did. You just said a. And I think a boat. What part of Canada? I've worked. I've worked there, so I know all the provinces.

[Jason Bateman]

Toronto.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Cool. Big city guy.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, I'm a big city dude. That's kind of my. That's kind of my cross.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I'm more familiar with the Quebec region.

[Jason Bateman]

Okay.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, is that Montreal?

[Jason Bateman]

That's the. Montreal is in Quebec.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

Montreal's in Quebec.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Jason Bateman]

Beautiful part of the world.

[Will Arnett]

Here's a question I know Sean's gonna love. You joked that you once fangirled too hard on meeting Jack Nicholson. What is your most recent embarrassing celebrity encounter?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I. I think I like frightened. Draco Malfoy. What's his name? Tom. Tom Feldman.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. Really?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

We were doing Fallon, and you know how dark it is in those. On those, like, when you're, like, behind the curtain or whatever. It's so dark on the late shows. And I had finished and was walking out. He was gonna go on after me, and I just was like. And I was, like, scared him.

[Sean Hayes]

Really?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

You fan out. I know. It's wild when you run into people that you kind of. That stuck with you because of a film when you were growing up or whatever, and you finally see them.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, I know. And then it just, like, you say that you love them so much, and then they're nice, and then it just stops.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

The conversation just stops. I know.

[Sean Hayes]

I just ran into Molly Ringwald, like, a year ago. I was like, oh, my God.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I mean, Nathan. Nathan Felder. I saw. I. He was at a party, and I tried to keep. I. I think I kept my cool. I. But, yeah, I had the same thing with him.

[Will Arnett]

And I wanted. It gave us. Said that he was, like, the best, and I'm such a big fan. And he was like, oh, my gosh. Thank you.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

End of conversation, Right?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. And Nathan Fielder and a 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?

[Will Arnett]

I know you want to get in there.

[Sean Hayes]

We're billing, by the way.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I want their approval.

[Will Arnett]

All right, here's another. Here's another spicy hot question. 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?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I have no idea what that means. A weird on. I just eat what's at. Crafty, right?

[Will Arnett]

Exactly.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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.

[Sean Hayes]

I get it.

[Jason Bateman]

Okay.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Wow.

[Jason Bateman]

Sean, pump the brakes.

[Will Arnett]

How did you do all that?

[Sean Hayes]

Sounds delicious.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Sean. Just, like, stood up.

[Jason Bateman]

I did Hot Ones just recently myself, just last week.

[Will Arnett]

How'd you do, Willie? Did you get all the way through it?

[Jason Bateman]

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. And so I'm like, okay, here we go. And then they go. Bateman was just on, and he made.

[Will Arnett]

It all the way through, but I was loaded up with, like, peptide.

[Jason Bateman]

Oh, I had ice cream.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, I threw up.

[Will Arnett]

You did?

[Sean Hayes]

You did?

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait, is it true that milk really helps? That.

[Jason Bateman]

Yes, milk helps.

[Sean Hayes]

Really?

[Jason Bateman]

It did help. But the third to last one, I forget, it was like. I forget what it was called. Like, the bomb or something like, that was so ridiculous. And I was rubbing the ice cream on my lips because I thought that my lips were gonna come off.

[Will Arnett]

That sounds gross.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

Like a dream.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, it's, like, truly frightening when it hits. It's. It's overwhelming. It was, you know, like, how am I going to handle this?

[Will Arnett]

When did you throw up on the set there or when you got home?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

No, I. So the only thing that soothed the burning was chugging ice water. So I think what happened was I drank so much ice water that I threw up.

[Will Arnett]

This.

[Jason Bateman]

Wow.

[Sean Hayes]

This is.

[Will Arnett]

This is the kind of torture we put ourselves through to sell our product. Yeah, but actually. But it was pretty fun. And he was fun.

[Jason Bateman]

He's a great. He's a super nice guy, Sean.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, he's a very good interviewer.

[Will Arnett]

Right. Very good question, by the way.

[Jason Bateman]

The questions are really good, and they're really from out of left field. It made me laugh a couple times.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

How left field.

[Jason Bateman]

And you're struggling with. Your mouth is on fire.

[Will Arnett]

And I love how, like, dry and robotic he is, too. It's like, it's fucking serious.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Is he eating with you?

[Jason Bateman]

Yes.

[Will Arnett]

He's a robot.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

He just doesn't react as much because he's.

[Jason Bateman]

He's just used to it. Yeah, he's used to it.

[Will Arnett]

He's made of titanium.

[Jason Bateman]

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. You do. And there's some. I guess there's comfort in that. It's almost like he's in it with you.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Did you take.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Just this poor guy. He said whenever he goes to restaurants, people send him chicken wings.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, boy.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

And he obviously showed him dream.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. Send him over here.

[Will Arnett]

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?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, I don't. That doesn't really apply. I just do. I do stuff.

[Will Arnett]

What about, like. Well, like, will you do, like, Disneyland?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, but I'll do Disney. I'll do it.

[Will Arnett]

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?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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 attracts attention. But for the most part, I just get people, like, looking at me sideways, being like, she looks like that person.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah. You don't want to invite him.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I would just do that.

[Jason Bateman]

You don't want to invite. I remember hearing 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 don't wear a helmet, because, again, this is a terrible analogy, but I can't bail him too deep that when you wear a helmet, you say to the other drivers that you're part of the system, that you're just another vehicle 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.

[Will Arnett]

Sounds like Thoreau again.

[Jason Bateman]

You know who said it? Lorne Michaels, who's never ridden a bike in the city in his life.

[Will Arnett]

Oh, my God.

[Jason Bateman]

But he once said that to me. Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Did he deliver it like it was a good joke, or did he deliver it serious as often?

[Jason Bateman]

No, he meant to. No, he said, wouldn't you put a helmet on? You're telling the other vehicles that you're in the game game. Because I was considering starting to wear a helmet. He said, don't do it. He advised me, Lauren.

[Will Arnett]

So, like, if you don't have a helmet on, then they'll. They'll be more careful around you, right?

[Jason Bateman]

That's right. That's right. Because they see that you're a human being.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I don't know why, but I find it weird when Canadians are funny.

[Will Arnett]

Because there's so many of them that are funny.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Well, there's Jim Carrey.

[Will Arnett]

There's Jim. There's Martin Short. There's Mike Miller.

[Jason Bateman]

Marty Short is.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Martin Short is. Of course, once you find out somebody's Canadian, you're like, of course. And I don't know what it is.

[Will Arnett]

John Candy.

[Jason Bateman]

Marty Short might be one of the.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

John Candy's Canadian. John Candy definitely seems like he's from Chicago.

[Jason Bateman]

Jennifer, we were just talking about planes, racing automobiles. Canada has a deep bench, if I can tell you. Deep bench of funny people. That's a hockey analogy. Like a bench.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Like, you know, I guess I just, like, there's. To me, there's no trauma in Canada. It's like you have free health care, Your taxes pay for public school.

[Sean Hayes]

Everybody's so nice.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Like, what are you? I feel like humor is formed from suffering. Maybe you're cold.

[Jason Bateman]

We just suck it up before.

[Will Arnett]

Wait. 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. Let's talk. I want to talk. Lynne Ramsey's one of my favorite directors ever. Can you please. Okay. So Die, my love, right? Yes. Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yes.

[Will Arnett]

That's the film. It's incredible. Saw it. Love it. Can you tell us anything about what I'm assuming was a magical experience with Lynne Ramsey?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah, I mean, it really was. 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 Canada to. It was Calgary, which was in.

[Will Arnett]

Wherever that was. It was.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

What's the Ottawa Province?

[Jason Bateman]

No, Alberta is Alberta. And I'm here for all your Canadian questions.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Yeah. Thank you. You're welcome. So, yeah, and then it was just. It was just really cool and great. She's just extremely instinctual. It's like kind of exactly what you want to have when you're, like, working with an auteur like that.

[Will Arnett]

Just like, you are incredible in that. And so was Robert Pattinson.

[Jason Bateman]

I can't wait to see it.

[Will Arnett]

The movie's so Great. I can't wait to see. It's just beautiful, too.

[Jason Bateman]

I can't wait to see it before.

[Sean Hayes]

Sean, I already saw it.

[Jason Bateman]

Really?

[Sean Hayes]

Do you have a top movie of all time for you or top two?

[Will Arnett]

Oh, Sean.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Well, now, I mean, One Battle After Another was my favorite movie I've ever seen.

[Will Arnett]

Incredible.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

What about. Wait, you're a reality TV fan. Do you watch any of those with your husband? He doesn't. He doesn't get near him.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

He got near Vanderpump for a while, but now I lost him. But, yeah, I watch Southern Charm, Real Housewives of Salt Lake and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Now.

[Will Arnett]

What about Below Deck? Do we go Below deck at all?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

You know, I can't watch Below Deck because I cannot understand the different franchises of them. 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 one's happening now.

[Jason Bateman]

You gotta be clear on those. You have to. There can't be confusion when you're in the Below Deck universe.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Exactly.

[Sean Hayes]

Do you ever watch trainers?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Like, what happens if I confuse what.

[Sean Hayes]

Would happen, what region?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I mean, I'm clearly.

[Jason Bateman]

Can you imagine?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Passionate about provinces.

[Will Arnett]

Wait, Sean, what was that you're describing? Chaos. You ever watch Traders?

[Sean Hayes]

Traders.

[Will Arnett]

Traders. Oh, wait, that's the one that was just in England, right?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. It's so good. It's a. It's a.

[Jason Bateman]

It's where they play Mafia, basically. Jb, they play Mafia.

[Will Arnett]

And they're doing that. And remember.

[Jason Bateman]

Remember last year. Remember last year at New Year's, how much we played Mafia every night?

[Will Arnett]

You were great at it.

[Jason Bateman]

I had to run it every night because everybody else and I had so. I couldn't even play. I had to run it every night.

[Sean Hayes]

Night.

[Will Arnett]

You're. If it wouldn't. It wouldn't have lasted without you. You were. You were our beacon.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Do you guys ever do bowls?

[Will Arnett]

Bowls.

[Jason Bateman]

What is it?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Salad bowls. Everybody writes down something that's familiar to everybody. Like, everybody would get it, you know, like Spider Man. Donald Trump. Like cheese.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

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. And then the second, you can just say one word, and then the third is yours.

[Sean Hayes]

Some people call it celebrity or what do they call.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Has a different name for everybody.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, it sounds very good.

[Sean Hayes]

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 and the second round, and.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

It'S always the same word. So then you started getting these inside jokes with, you know, it's just, like, the same.

[Sean Hayes]

It's very funny.

[Will Arnett]

Shauna, you used to have great game nights. What happened? What's going on?

[Sean Hayes]

It's too much.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I love game nights. Nights.

[Sean Hayes]

I see a lot of people too much to host. Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

Let's get on down to Jamie and Nico's house and just fire up a big fat game night.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Oh, yeah, I'll fly in.

[Sean Hayes]

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 out because they get bored. And then it's kind of.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, that's the bummer.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I'm gonna start doing Manjong with my girls on Thursday.

[Sean Hayes]

I love mahjong.

[Will Arnett]

Really?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

I don't know how to play yet, but we're gonna learn.

[Sean Hayes]

It's just a matching.

[Will Arnett]

Is that the one with the tiles?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, you just match the tiles. That's it. Oh, that's it. Those are the rules.

[Will Arnett]

Really?

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Really?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, that's all.

[Jason Bateman]

It's too much of a commitment.

[Will Arnett]

Too much. All right, Jennifer, Jen, jb. Thank you. Sean, Will. Next time you're out here, Will. Shirt doing your things.

[Jason Bateman]

Thank you.

[Will Arnett]

Let us know. And. And we'll play some mahjong and some bowls.

[Jason Bateman]

We'll do a game night at Sean's.

[Will Arnett]

Do some.

[Sean Hayes]

Do some bowls.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, Sean's going to.

[Will Arnett]

Sean's going to do some Pictionary.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

Sean, I'll help you organize and I'll come early and we can set appetizers and stuff.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, right. Crudite.

[Jason Bateman]

They're already out. The appetizers are already out.

[Sean Hayes]

Pop Tarts, just in a row.

[Will Arnett]

Jen, thank you very, very much for doing this.

[Jason Bateman]

Thank you.

[Sean Hayes]

So nice to finally meet you.

[Jason Bateman]

Jennifer Lawrence.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

This is lovely. Thank you for having me.

[Will Arnett]

All right. Have a great rest of the day and. And have a great holiday.

[Jennifer Lawrence]

All right. Thank you. Bye, guys.

[Will Arnett]

Bye. Bye. Bye.

[Jason Bateman]

Bye. Bye. Jail.

[Will Arnett]

That's Jennifer Lawrence.

[Jason Bateman]

That's. Jennifer was supposed to be on the big stage at the Hollywood Bowl. I know. She got rained out.

[Will Arnett]

We got it. We got it. We got it.

[Jason Bateman]

And yet we still. And then we had her. And then we. And then we just had her on here, which is amazing. Which was great.

[Sean Hayes]

I know. And when I. When I found out that that. So it was like, after it got canceled, I was like, oh, it was Jennifer Lawrence. I was so excited. And then. And here she is now.

[Will Arnett]

Did you guys. You guys did not know it was her leading up to it. Yeah, no, I knew, I knew it was going to be Jeremy Allen White Night a week beforehand.

[Sean Hayes]

You did all right.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah, because his, his agent mentioned it.

[Jason Bateman]

Right, right.

[Will Arnett]

But he, but listen, not his fault. Happens all the time.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah, of course.

[Will Arnett]

But yeah, that would have been. That would have been. That would have been.

[Jason Bateman]

I can't believe it took us so long to have her on. On.

[Sean Hayes]

I know she's one of those like.

[Jason Bateman]

Oh, I know she's. She's sort of like.

[Sean Hayes]

She was on my list too.

[Will Arnett]

Yeah. I mean she's fantastic.

[Sean Hayes]

She has a lot of, a lot of success quickly, but she handles it well.

[Jason Bateman]

Very well. She's done so many great things. She's been so good in so many things.

[Will Arnett]

She's been in a movie every year for the last 20 years. I was looking on, on her thing every single year. Yeah. Is that right? Eh.

[Jason Bateman]

Yeah.

[Will Arnett]

And then. So Die My Love is out now. And then. And then the Hunger Games next Hunger Games thing I think is coming out middle of next year.

[Sean Hayes]

How about that?

[Jason Bateman]

That's.

[Sean Hayes]

Do you know it?

[Will Arnett]

You go ahead, Sean.

[Jason Bateman]

You know Diamond Love's coming out. Thank God. I mean, it's a good title. Thank God it wasn't titled By My Love.

[Sean Hayes]

That's exactly what I was gonna do.

[Jason Bateman]

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