Jennifer Lawrence has not been shy about talking politics in the past, especially when it came to slamming Donald Trump. But now, she’s questioning that decision.
“I don’t really know if I should,” Lawrence told The New York Times on the outlet’s The Interview podcast when asked how she feels about speaking out now. “During the first Trump administration, I felt like I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. But as we’ve learned, election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for. So then what am I doing? I’m just sharing my opinion on something that’s going to add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart.”
When Trump first announced his candidacy in 2015, Lawrence was not afraid to voice her political concerns publicly. For instance, Lawrence told EW that year, “If Donald Trump becomes president, that will be the end of the world. I genuinely believe that reality television has reached the ultimate place where now even things like this might just be for entertainment.”
And after Trump won, Lawrence wrote an essay for Broadly. “Do not let this defeat you — let this enrage you!” she wrote at the time. “Let it motivate you! Let this be the fire you didn’t have before. If you are an immigrant, if you are a person of color, if you are LGBTQ+, if you are a woman — don’t be afraid, be loud!”
Now, she told the Times that, at 35 and a lot more experienced in Hollywood, she is finding herself “in a complicated recalibration because I’m also an artist,” she explained. “I don’t want to start turning people off to films and to art that could change consciousness or change the world because they don’t like my political opinions,” she added. “I want to protect my craft so that you can still get lost in what I’m doing. And if I can’t say something that’s going to speak to some kind of peace or lowering the temperature or some sort of solution, I don’t want to be a part of the problem. I don’t want to make the problem worse.”
When the outlet asked the Oscar winner if she regrets how she “dealt with things before,” Lawrence admitted, “Probably? I regret everything I’ve ever done or said. I’m going to take the zip drives out of all of these cameras when I leave. The second term feels different. Because he said what he was going to do. We knew what he did for four years. He was very clear. And that’s what we chose.”
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Jennifer Lawrence attends the ‘Die My Love’ New York premiere on Nov. 1, 2025
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Lawrence’s latest film, Die My Love, which was nominated for the coveted Palme d’Or honor at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, hits theaters Friday.
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