Jennifer Lawrence Honored At SBIFF

Jennifer Lawrence was presented with Outstanding Performer of the Year last night at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. 

Jennifer said of her amazing year, “It’s exhausting and an honor. It’s an exhausting honor.” Here's a peek at her giving interviews on the red carpet at the Arlington Theater in downtown Santa Barbara last night. 

Jen sat down in front of a 200+ audience with festival director Roger Durling for a Q & A. She reflected on her short but tremendously successful career. In her usual candid and hilarious fashion, she talked about her start in the business.

“I had never really thought of acting growing up. It was never really a possibility. Now looking back at it, I know that I was an actress since birth. Dressing up in different outfits. And I’d introduce myself as Lucille Ball. So now it’s starting to make sense.”

After a scout spotted her in New York on Spring Break, she and her mother met with agencies.

“In the car from the hotel to the modeling agency I decided that I didn’t want to be a model that I was only going to be an actress. And that I’d only sign with an agency that would let me act. And so I was turning down all these agencies and my mother thought I was an idiot.”

VIDEO from the Q & A session: