--- title: Here's What Finally Got Jennifer Lawrence Into Politics description: "It’s not wise, career-speaking, to talk about politics," Jennifer Lawrence said, but she is happily ignoring that now canonical: https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-27T15:25:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:19.767Z og:title: Here's What Finally Got Jennifer Lawrence Into Politics og:description: "It’s not wise, career-speaking, to talk about politics," Jennifer Lawrence said og:url: https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Finally Got Jennifer Lawrence Into Politics twitter:description: "It’s not wise, career-speaking, to talk about politics," Jennifer Lawrence said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jennifer Lawrence Discusses the Turning Point That Finally Got Her Into Politics ## Video: Forbes's 2017 Highest Paid Actresses - MONEY [Watch (HLS stream): Forbes's 2017 Highest Paid Actresses - MONEY](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0ZjK3oMW.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2017-08-23. These are the world's highest paid actresses in 2017 according to Forbes._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 27, 2018 3:25 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 27, 2018 3:25 PM UTC In 2016, [Jennifer Lawrence](http://time.com/5175547/jennifer-lawrence-harvey-weinstein-60-minutes/?iid=sr-link1) got politically vocal. For years the [actor](http://time.com/money/4903134/jennifer-lawrence-emma-stone-forbes-highest-paid-actress/?iid=sr-link5) and star of the new film [_Red Sparrow_](http://time.com/5168389/jennifer-lawrence-versace-dress/) had avoided politics, but now that has all changed. In an [interview with _Vanity Fair_](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/jennifer-lawrence-cover-story), Lawrence explained her change of heart. “I’ve always thought that it was a good idea to stay out of politics,” says Lawrence. “Twenty-five percent of America identifies as liberal and I need more than 25 percent of America to go see my movies. It’s not wise, career-speaking, to talk about politics. When Donald Trump got sworn into office, that f—ing changed.” Now, she shares her political opinions, whether people want to hear them or not, which she says is just part of her personality. “If I’m thinking something, I’ve made it very clear I’m going to talk about it,” she says. “My family obviously hates every time I talk about politics because it’s hard to see your kid get criticized and they live in Kentucky, where nobody is really liking what I’m saying.” Kentucky overwhelmingly voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election and while [Lawrence](http://time.com/5168389/jennifer-lawrence-versace-dress/?iid=sr-link3) doesn’t support him, she does understand why her former neighbors might. “Here’s a big powerful man in a nice suit, pointing at you and going, ‘I’m going to make you rich.’ It’s so appealing,” [she says](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/jennifer-lawrence-cover-story). “The Democrats made a huge mistake by chastising the Trump supporters, and that was disgusting to me. Of course they’re not going to vote for Hillary Clinton; they’re going to vote for Donald Trump. You laughed at them when their plight is very real.” Lawrence, however, was a [supporter](http://time.com/5134340/jennifer-lawrence-fly-eagles-fly-airplane-super-bowl-2018/?iid=sr-link6) of Hillary Clinton because of her status as a “career politician” with a great deal of experience in politics. “I wouldn’t hire an assistant if they didn’t have experience,” she said. “We’re talking about the president of the f—ing United States!” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence Discusses the Turning Point That Finally Got Her Into Politics","datePublished":"2018-02-27T15:25:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:19.767Z","description":"\"It’s not wise, career-speaking, to talk about politics,\" Lawrence said, but she is happily ignoring that now.","url":"https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Jennifer Lawrence","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence Discusses the Turning Point That Finally Got Her Into Politics"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Forbes's 2017 Highest Paid Actresses - MONEY","description":"These are the world's highest paid actresses in 2017 according to Forbes.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0ZjK3oMW/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-08-23T15:38:07.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0ZjK3oMW.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5177313/jennifer-lawrence-on-trump-voters/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```