Jennifer Lawrence gets honest about motherhood & creativity

Jennifer Lawrence is a proud mum-of-two and an established actress. But juggling both roles is no easy task.

During her press conference at Cannes, the Hunger Games star said, “Having children changes everything. It changes your whole life; it’s brutal and incredible."

“Not only do they go into every decision of if I’m working, where, when – I didn’t know that I could feel so much," she continued. "My job has a lot to do with emotion. They’ve opened up the world to me."

"It’s almost like feeling like a blister, so sensitive. They’ve changed my life for the best, and they’ve changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor," the actress added.

Elsewhere in the discussion, Jennifer reflected on doing a difficult scene on the first day on set.

“The day before our first day, Lynne showed Rob and I a scene from If…. It was these actors, and they’re attacking each other like tigers," she recalled.

“We were like ‘OK’,” said Lawrence. “And [Ramsay] said, ‘And you’ll do it naked, yeah?’ That was the first day," the 34-year-old added.

In Die, My Love, Jennifer plays a woman balancing motherhood and marriage in a rural American setting. The film is out on May 17.