Jennifer Lawrence has opened up about the ways becoming a mother has shifted her plans for the future as the star admitted she didn’t expect to pursue a career in directing any time soon.
The 32-year-old welcomed one-year-old son Cy in 2022 with husband Cooke Maroney, 38, and the No Hard Feelings star made it clear that focusing on her family was her top priority in a new interview.
Speaking during an interview on Good Morning America on Monday, the Hunger Games actress explained how her hopes to direct a feature film had changed in recent years.
‘I used to think that [I would direct]. Now I’m just so tired and it just looks so hard,’ she stated.
Family first: Jennifer Lawrence revealed how becoming a mother has shifted her plans for the future
Hands on mom: The 32-year-old actress welcomed son Cy, one, in early 2022. Pictured in 2022
However, the actress is still working hard in front of the camera and behind the scenes after starring and producing her upcoming comedy, No Hard Feelings.
Reflecting on her experience as a producer, she told GMA host George Stephanopoulos: ‘It’s good. It’s busy but focused and streamlined. I don’t take on anything that I can’t personally read every draft of and give notes on.’
The actress admitted she hadn’t even been planning to get back into acting as soon as she did after giving birth, but the quality of the comedy’s script pushed her to make her Hollywood comeback.
‘I just had a baby and I wasn’t planning on working for a long time,’ she began. ‘But I read the script. It was the funniest thing I had ever read.’
The Silver Linings Playbook star explained that she wouldn’t be jumping into the next project until the time was right as she continued to focus on her family life.
She stated: ‘Once you start your family, that’s the greatest thing in the world. I’m just gonna try to take in every second and be present and enjoy it.’
When asked if she will likely become a ‘helicopter mom,’ Jennifer laughed: ‘Probably. I’ll have to work on it.’
Jennifer and Cooke, an art gallerist she married in 2019 at Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island, have never made their baby’s exact date of birth public.
Back to work: The Hunger Games star admitted she doesn’t expect to pursue a career in directing any time soon
Switching plans: Lawrence had hadn’t even been planning to get back into acting as soon as she did after giving birth. Pictured in November 2022
However, he was widely reported to have been born in February 2022.
The couple named their baby after Cy Twombly, a 20th century American artist whose work influenced such names as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Julian Schnabel.
She spoke touchingly about motherhood in a Vogue interview last year, reflecting on how her outlook had changed since Cy was born.
‘The morning after I gave birth, I felt like my whole life had started over. Like, now is day one of my life,’ she gushed.
‘I just stared. I was just so in love. I also fell in love with all babies everywhere. Newborns are just so amazing.’
Jennifer added: ‘They’re these pink, swollen, fragile little survivors. Now I love all babies. Now I hear a baby crying in a restaurant and I’m like, “Awwww, preciousssss.”‘
The Don’t Look Up actress reflected: ‘My heart has stretched to a capacity that I didn’t know about. I include my husband in that. And then they’re both just, like, out there — walking around, crossing streets.’
Jennifer marveled that her baby was ‘gonna drive one day. He’s gonna be a stupid teenager and be behind the wheel of a car.’
Happily married: Lawrence tied the knot with art gallerist Cooke Maroney at Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2019
Back to the big screen: R-rated comedy No Hard Feeling is set for release on June 23
Meanwhile, Jennifer is gearing up for the release of her raucous new comedy, in which she plays a cash-strapped woman trying to seduce a 19-year-old boy for pay.
Jennifer’s character Maddie finds herself in such dire financial straits that she is on the brink of losing her late mother’s house.
She throws herself on the mercy of a rich pair of New Age ‘helicopter parents’ played by Broadway stars Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick.
Percy (Andrew Feldman), their geeky teenage son, is about to go to college and has been cosseted his whole life, never breaking the rules.
The couple offers Maddie a car in exchange for a heavyweight favor – she must seduce Percy before he leaves for Princeton.
No Hard Feelings then launches into her increasingly desperate attempts to get Percy into bed, including a nighttime skinny dipping excursion, taking him out to drink underage and even playfully trying to kidnap him.
Helmed by Good Boys director Gene Stupnitsky, No Hard Feelings is set for release on June 23.
