'Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawernce: 'Acting is Stupid,' Actress Says in Vanity Fair Interview

Immeasurable power and influence; beauty that would make a Boticelli babe wretch with jealousy; Tuesday tennis with Leonardo DiCaprio; a towering monster of a mansion on a Malibu beach; daily 12-course mails prepared by your Michelin-starred personal chef; weekly haircuts as expensive as Kias - who cares? Acting is stupid, according to actress Jennifer Lawrence.

The "Hunger Games" star, who is gaining a reputation for being both irreverent and self-deprecating, let her true feelings regarding her profession slip in a new interview with Vanity Fair.

"Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid..." Lawrence said to Vanity Fair.

"Everybody's like, 'How can you remain with a level head?' And I'm like, 'Why would I ever get cocky?" the 22-year-old actress asked Vanity Fair. "I'm not saving anybody's life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I'm making movies. It's stupid.'"

Discovered by a modeling agent at 14-years-old while on a trip to New York, Lawrence says the world of acting is still surreal to her.

"I call my mom sobbing all the time ... dealing with the repercussions of having no more anonymity. You lose privacy," Lawrence says in the cover story for the magazine's February issue. "As much as this is a curse, as stupid as it sounds, to make as much money as I am by doing something that I love, it's hard not to regret it when you're being chased by 15 strangers."

The Kentucky native also says she's still adjusting to mingling with her Hollywood peers, and admits she's often surprised how blown away she is when meeting one of her acting idols.

"One time someone was introducing me to Bill Maher, and I saw Meryl Streep walk into the room, and I literally put my hand right in Bill Maher's face and said, 'Not now, Bill!,' and I just stared at Meryl Streep," Lawrence told Vanity Fair. "I just creepily stared at her."

"Silver Linings Playbook," starring Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, is in theaters now. Lawrence's next film, "Serena," also starring Cooper, comes out later in 2013.