The Hilarious Games

After last weekend’s fail at seeing the “The Hunger Games,” I have to wait until this coming weekend to see it now (I promised someone I’d wait and we’d see it together, dammit, I mean – yeah!). So while I wait, somewhat impatiently, I’ve been reading up on the film and its star. Now, I’ve loved Jennifer Lawrence since “Winter’s Bone.” So you can’t call me a Janey-come-lately bandwagon jumper. I have found her incredibly talented and quietly riveting for the past year plus. But what I didn’t know was how freaking hilarious the 21-year-old soon-to-be superstar is. She’s funny and goofy and refreshingly real in interviews. She is, quite simply, a natural charmer. And natural is key here. She manages to come off as both likable and normal, while being appropriate levels of both poised and freaked out by her new-found fame. Maybe she’s just that great an actress, but consider me sold. I mean, how could you not love a woman who says:

“When I’m not working, I am the laziest person. I can literally lie on a couch and watch television for 15 hours. I hate people who say, ‘Oh, I’m addicted to working out.’ I just want to punch those people in the face.”

Like I was saying, hilarious. But, you know, you don’t have to trust me. Trust Jennifer instead in a little compilation I made of her recent talk show appearances.

I don’t even need to see the movie, because I’m totally smitten. But, don’t worry, I’m still totally seeing the movie. Jennifer’s so damn adorable, how can I not?

Now I just wish some interviewer would ask if her mom still thinks she’s a lesbian because of all the naked ladies she’s been painting. Ball’s in your court, TV interviewers. Don’t fail me now.