Actress Jennifer Lawrence reflected on her famous press tours in her 20s, saying she lost “a lot of control over” her craft of doing movie press and calling her interviews “very embarrassing.”

Lawrence told The New Yorker in a profile published Monday that, a few years ago, she told actress Viola Davis: “Every time I do an interview, I think, ‘I can’t do this to myself again.’ I feel like I lose a lot of control over my craft when I have to push for a movie.”

She continued, “Well, it is, or was, my genuine personality, but it was also a defense mechanism. And it was a defense mechanism, to just say, ‘I’m not like that! I poop my pants every day!’ … I look at those interviews and that person is annoying. I understand why it would be annoying to see that person everywhere. “Ariana Grande’s impression of me on ‘SNL’ was spot on.”

Grande’s impression of Lawrence on a 2018 episode of “SNL” poked fun at Lawrence’s annoying identification, mocking the actor for eating an entire can of Pringles.

Lawrence told The New Yorker that she felt she was rejected for roles because of her personality.

This Feb. 24, 2013 photo shows Jennifer Lawrence stumbling as she walks to the stage to accept the award for best actress in a leading role for
This Feb. 24, 2013 photo shows Jennifer Lawrence stumbling as she walks to the stage to accept the award for best actress in a leading role for “The Bright Side” during the Oscars at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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YouTube compilations with millions of views show Lawrence, who won an Oscar for her role in “The Bright Side,” being silly, tripping at the Oscars, drinking on talk shows or recounting her most embarrassing moments, like mistakenly thinking she was talking to Elizabeth Taylor when Taylor had been dead for years.

But Lawrence, who is now promoting her new film with Robert Pattinson, “Die, My Love,” has returned to work after a few years off after saying she felt like everyone had “had enough” of her.

“I just think everyone had gotten tired of me,” Lawrence told Vanity Fair in 2021. “I had gotten tired of myself. I had gotten to a point where I couldn’t do anything right. If I walked down a red carpet, it was, ‘Why didn’t he run?’ crazy.” And then I felt like I had reached a point where people weren’t happy with just my existence. So that made me stop thinking that work or career can bring any kind of peace to your soul.”

Lawrence told Stephen Colbert in 2021 on his late-night show that his break was “quiet” and that he was back to being “part of the world without fanfare.”

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And in a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Lawrence said she was “at peace” with the possibility of not acting again after taking a break.