Jennifer Lawrence Talks Childhood, Movies and Love For Acting

In an interview with Chris Connelly of "ABC Nightline", Jennifer Lawrence opened up on how she grew up, her experiences in "Silver Lining Playbook" and her love for acting.

Award-winning actress, Lawrence appeared in on "ABC Nightline" after earning her fist Oscar nomination and spoke to the host about everything ranging from her childhood obsession for acting, her movies and how life changed after she entered Hollywood.

On her obsession with acting even as a child:

"My dad is trying to work, and I would be, 'Wait, wait, wait,' and put on a new show where I would dress up as a person and knock on the door and be like, 'Hi. My name's Judy and my car broke down, can I use your phone?'" she said laughing. "And yet, none of us ever assumed I would be an actress."

On finally realizing what she wants from her life is acting:

"I had already caught the [acting] bug. It was the first time in my entire life that I felt I, 100 percent, was made for something and that I understood something, because I spent so many years being lost in school and feeling stupid."

On how the world around her changed in the wink of an eye:

"I'm still auditioning for things and I'm still like, 'Am I good at this or do these directors just like me?'. And then 'Winter's Bone' happened, and they loved the movie and then a couple years later, we were at the Oscars, and it was just unreal."

On her experience working with the legend Robert DeNiro in "Silver Lining Playbook":

"I'm really bad about reading scenes before, and so I was trying to memorize it in the hair and make-up trailer. And I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to be screaming at Robert DeNiro and I'm going to be messing up my lines.' And fortunately, the adrenaline kicked in and I remembered."

On recalling an incident when she saw Meryl Streep at a party:

"I saw Meryl Streep at a party one time and somebody was about to introduce me to Bill Maher," she said. "And so he was reaching his hand and I literally put my hand in his face and looked at Meryl Streep and go, 'NOT NOW, BILL,' and I just stared at her all night, and followed her around and drank and stared at her like a creep."