There is a belief that those who are forever armed with a quip and an eccentric observation have not always had the most entertaining lives themselves. Jennifer Lawrence, known for her quick wit and self-deprecating humor, has recently given this theory some weight. The actress gave fans a peek into her childhood, specifically her teenage years, and not a very simple one, that made her an oddball among her peers. 

Lawrence credited her teenage experience for the social awkwardness that has become a familiar feature of almost all her public interactions.

Jennifer Lawrence sat for a chat with Call Her Daddy's Alex Cooper. When Cooper asked Lawrence what she was like as a teenager, The Hunger Games actress shared that it was "complicated". Lawrence left Louisville, Kentucky, where she was born and brought up, at age 14. She dropped out of middle school to pursue an acting career in New York City. This limited her interactions with kids her age, affecting her social skills. 

"So I I wasn't around kids. I was a little weird."

Lawrence did admit that she felt comfortable around adults, though she was not sure they felt the same way about her.

"I don't think adults were like, 'Wow, what a cool, what a great hang.' Like, 'Wow.' And I definitely don't think anybody was like, 'She's mature'". 

Given her early start and the sacrifices she made along the way, one might think Lawrence had always wanted to act. But that was not the case.

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According to Lawrence, acting was not something she had ever planned on doing before it became a reality. 

Jennifer Lawrence shared in the interview that becoming an actress had never crossed her mind, and she never considered it a "possibility". Looking back, however, she can spot early signs of her interest in acting. The actress recalled how she would pretend to be different characters while ringing her own doorbell and asking to use the phone.

Lawrence revealed that she imagined herself becoming a doctor or an interior designer instead. Although, she admitted she had no particular talent for it. These were simply careers she knew about growing up, rather than ambitions she was especially passionate about, unlike the nerves that starting a new business gives her today.

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