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Monday, February 25th, 2013

Chat Transcript

Ageism rears its ugly head backstage at the Oscars after Jennifer Lawrence's win

  • QUESTION: At twenty-two years old, you've got your first Oscar, and you've already had two nominations. It's awfully young to have so much success so far. Do you feel that it's a good thing that it's coming so early in the career?
  • BEST ACTRESS WINNER JENNIFER LAWRENCE: I hope so. Yeah. I mean, I... who knows? I guess we'll see.
  • QUESTION: You are not worried about peaking too soon?
  • BEST ACTRESS WINNER JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Well, now I am. [Addressing moderator]: I feel like you're picking people to make fun of me.
  • MODERATOR: I'm really not.

via oscars.org