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"It was more of how did my mentality get in my own way of
fighting just as hard as the men to get a better deal," Lawrence
said during a Los Angeles press conference for her latest film
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2."
Lawrence unleashed a highly-publicized attack on male-female pay
discrimination in Hollywood earlier this month in an open letter
published in Lena Dunham's Lenny newsletter.
She said that in the past she worried about being labeled a
spoiled brat when negotiating movie deals, but she was now
finished with trying to be "adorable" while getting
shortchanged.
The actress added that her "American Hustle" male co-stars
Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Jeremy Renner "all fought and
succeeded in negotiating powerful deals for themselves," and
were praised for doing so.
"I hoped to just write more about how my own fears of 'how am I
going to be portrayed,' or 'how am I going to look,' or 'how
will people judge me,'" Lawrence said on Saturday.
"(That) got in my way when obviously the men in the movie don't
think that way," she said.
The actress added that one headline called her letter a "bratty
display."
"Thank you for completely making my point that if a woman goes
and speaks up, and is assertive and has a voice, she's going to
be called a brat. I just don't see a man being called a brat,"
she said.
Lawrence, 25, was the world's highest-paid film actress last
year with an estimated $52 million in earnings from movies and
endorsements, according to Forbes. She has been praised by her
colleagues and fans alike for being open about an issue usually
kept under wraps.
In response to her complaint, Cooper told Reuters he had already
begun teaming up with female co-stars to negotiate salaries.
Lawrence is currently promoting the final installment of "The
Hunger Games" franchise, out in theaters next month. She plays
the young heroine Katniss Everdeen, who leads a rebellion
against a tyrannical ruler of a dystopian society.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy)
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