Jennifer Lawrence opened up about her hesitancy about speaking to the press during an interview with The New Yorker published Monday.

Lawrence, who has been been in the public spotlight since her teens, recalled a conversation with fellow-actor Viola Davis a few years prior. “Every time I do an interview, I think, ‘I can’t do this to myself again,’” Lawrence recalled telling Davis at the time, adding, “I feel like I lose so much control over my craft when I have to do press for a movie.”

The Oscar winner was 19 when she landed her breakthrough role in Debra Granik’s film adaptation of Winter’s Bone and would go on to feature in a series of successful films including her role as Katniss Everdeen in the blockbuster franchise, The Hunger Games , and David O. Russell’s Silver Linin

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