Jennifer Lawrence Thinks She's Obese by Hollywood Standards

The "Hunger Games" star covers Elle's December issue.

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She may have starred in a movie called Hunger Games, but Jennifer Lawrence is certainly not shy about eating. And that's why the 22-year-old thinks she's a bit of an oddball in Hollywood.

"I eat like a caveman," she says in the December issue of Elle. "I’ll be the only actress who doesn’t have anorexia rumors. In Hollywood, I’m obese. I’m considered a fat actress, I’m Val Kilmer in that one picture on the beach.”

She doesn't plan on changing, however. Least of all for a movie role.

“I’m never going to starve myself for a part," she continues. "I don’t want little girls to be like, ‘Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I’m going to skip dinner. That’s something I was really conscious of during training, when you’re trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong- not thin and underfed.”

[via Just Jared]

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