--- ---  # You Might Not Want to Sit Next to Jennifer Lawrence on a Plane  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2017 8:04 PM UTC  TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 10: Jennifer Lawrence at the 'mother!' press conference during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival held at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 10, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures) TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 10: Jennifer Lawrence at the 'mother!' press conference during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival held at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 10, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)Emma McIntyre—Getty Images for Paramount Pictu  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2017 8:04 PM UTC While Oscar winner and relatable human [Jennifer Lawrence](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/jennifer-lawrence/) is probably a great person to hang out with for a night on the town — just look at her [pole dancing](http://time.com/4782990/jennifer-lawrence-on-dancing-club/) and [bar fight](http://time.com/4943429/jennifer-lawrence-on-bar-fight/) adventures in Hungary! —she might not be the best person to sit next to on a flight. In an interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/19/jennifer-lawrence-mother-interview/), the [_mother!_](http://time.com/4927288/mother-review-jennifer-lawrence/)actor shared that she has an intense case of fear while traveling in planes. “I’m not afraid of the airplane, I’m afraid of _me_ on the airplane and losing control of myself,” Lawrence said. In fact, Lawrence has even acted on her fear of flying in the past, going so far as to shout that the plane was going down while on a flight. “You know when they hit an air pocket and it feels like you’re falling?” she said. “I did it on a night flight one time, ‘We’re going down! It’s coming down!_’_” That’s not the only in-flight disruption that J-Law is guilty of, however; she went so far as to say she once tried to jump out of an Air France plane because of some extreme claustrophobia. “I can’t believe I didn’t get arrested,” she said. “I got really claustrophobic and I had to get out.” Jennifer Lawrence Reveals Her Extreme Fear of Flying ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4948481/jennifer-lawrence-fear-of-flying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4948481/jennifer-lawrence-fear-of-flying/"},"headline":"You Might Not Want to Sit Next to Jennifer Lawrence on a Plane","datePublished":"2017-09-19T20:04:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:24.223Z","description":"\"I’m afraid of me on the airplane and losing control of myself\"","url":"https://time.com/4948481/jennifer-lawrence-fear-of-flying/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Jennifer Lawrence","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e9be869c109d90/6988de68bc6cfc476b3e3249/jennifer-lawrence-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e9be869c109d90/6988de68bc6cfc476b3e3249/jennifer-lawrence-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'mother!' Press Conference - 2017 Toronto International Film Festival","caption":"'mother!' Press Conference - 2017 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"Emma McIntyre—Getty Images for Paramount Pictu","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4948481/jennifer-lawrence-fear-of-flying/","name":"You Might Not Want to Sit Next to Jennifer Lawrence on a Plane"}}]}] ```