Jennifer Lawrence Thinks Male Directors Can Be ‘Controlling’ Over Actors

Jennifer Lawrence has worked with multiple directors — and she’s noticed a difference when working with women vs. when she’s worked with men.

“I have found a commonality in female directors, which is that they do not do this thing, which is over-direct,” the actress, 35, said to Vulture in a Q&A following a screening of her new movie, Die My Love, on Thursday, November 7. “There have been some times when I’ve worked with male directors where there’s this need to constantly feel like they’re directing the movie.”

Lawrence continued, “And it’s not even really getting anything done. It’s just annoying. When I think auteur, my mind kind of goes to controlling and … what’s that word? Neurotic!”

An example Lawrence provided was her recent experience with Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love.

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