Jennifer Lawrence Discusses Harvey Weinstein & Pay Inequity In ’60 Minutes’ Profile

When Jennifer Lawrence speaks, the internet tends to listen and react (as it has for her recent comments about not grooving with “Phantom Thread“). But the actress is using her promo time for the upcoming “Red Sparrow” to address more pressing issues than her subjective opinion about a movie.

Profiled on “60 Minutes,” Lawrence has asked about the conversation that has sprung up around Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced producer facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and rape. She clarifies that Weinstein, who produced “Silver Linings Playbook” which won Lawrence an Oscar, was never unprofessional towards her, but she nonetheless wants him to go behind bars for what he did.

“…what he was did was criminal and deplorable and when it came out and I heard about it, I wanted to kill him. The way that he destroyed so many women’s lives. I want to see him in jail,” Lawrence said (via Deadline).

When it comes to the ongoing wage inequality in the industry, Lawrence now has reservations about speaking out on the issue publicly. Asked if she would do it again, the actress said she wouldn’t, sharing, “I feel I know my worth, and I feel like I work to keep it that way.”

Ultimately, she believes her career is only as good as the movies she makes, and realizes that a string of underperforming pictures could see her status in Hollywood swiftly change. “If the next few movies don’t– don’t do well in the box office, I won’t– I won’t– I won’t get paid the same,” she explained “That’s the way it works. If you can’t prove that you– that you deserve that number, then you’re not gonna get it. So it’s very fickle. So I don’t want to sound like I’m on a high horse, ’cause I might be on a tiny little Shetland pony in a month.”

Check out the full profile below (or click here if the embed isn’t working), which includes the reveal of the hilarious self-portrait that Lawrence painted. “Red Sparrow” opens on March 2nd.