As everyone knows, opening this weekend is director Gary Ross' The Hunger Games. Based on Suzanne Collins novel and produced by Nina Jacobson, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Wes Bentley , Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman and Amandla Stenberg.  For more on the film, here's three clips and six minutes of behind-the-scenes footage, as well as all our previous coverage.During the recent Los Angeles press junket, I landed an exclusive interview with Jennifer Lawrence.   Since she's been doing so much press recently, I tried to ask new questions like what's her favorite movie, director and actor, her karaoke song, what TV shows does she watch, what surprised her the most about making this big tentpole release and the promotion that goes with it, how many takes does she prefer, the sequels, did she call anyone in Twilight to ask âWhat am I getting myself into?â and more. In addition, we talked about director David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook where she plays an an ex-sex addict, and she talked about her tabloid "feud" with Kristen Stewart and how it's completely made up. Hit the jump to either read or listen to the interview.As usual, I'm offering two ways to get the interview: you can either click here for the audio, or the full transcript is below. The Hunger Games opens this weekend and it's definitely worth your time.Collider: Do you have a favorite director, movie and actor?Jennifer Lawrence: I donât have one thatâs specific. I think Kubrick, obviously. I love Sofia Coppola. Itâs tricky because Iâve worked with a lot of them, David O. Russell, Susanne Bier. Woody Allen, the Coen Bros.Do you have a favorite movie?Lawrence: That oneâs tricky. I love Panâs Labyrinth, I love Guillermo del Toro. Alejandro González Iñárritu. I Heart Huckabees is definitely one of my favorite movies. It might be my favorite. What is your go-to karaoke song?Lawrence: I could never do karaoke, but if it were it would be [âWind Beneath My Wingsâ]. When you signed up for this thing, obviously you knew there was gonna be a lot of fan interest. Did you call anyone on Twilight and say âWhat am I getting myself into?âLawrence: (laughs) No. The only time Iâve spoken to anyone from Twilight is, I just emailed with Kristen Stewart a few days ago because weâre in this really giant âfightâ all over the tabloidsâitâs not real. Weâve never met or even spoken to each other, but apparently weâre in this gigantic feud because âitâs my turn to take over as Hollywoodâs glam girl, and she has to step over as the famous one,â and weâve been fightinâ like cats and dogs. So I basically just shot her this email, and she wrote back, âDonât worry about it, welcome to the world of bullshit,â basically. So that was the only time Iâve spoken to them. But saying âyesâ to the role, there was nobody really I could talk to because it was all kind of personal matters that I had to work out on my own. It was nothing that anybody could tell me, it was all just kind of âAre you ready?â It was kind of personal things that I had to work with on myself. What surprised you most about this process of making this big tentpole release and the promotion that goes with it?Lawrence: That it feels like an indie. Preparing for the script and the filmmaking side of it was nothing like this. We made an amazing film; Gary made a war movie. Making it felt so un-tentpole, and even watching it I feel that way as well. I think itâs odd to kind of leave the set and leave the creative process that felt so organic and small in so many ways, and then all of a sudden to do this press tour and to find out that itâs so much bigger than it felt on set. Something interesting about the film is that Gary chose to do a lot of close-ups. When you were filming, did he sort of let you know that that was gonna be the aesthetic of the film or was it kind of like âGaryâs a great director, whatever he wants to do?âLawrence: It was both. You caught on very quickly to his vision and what he wanted to do, and a lot of his ideas and his vision were what made me want to do the movie. Once he got a camera and once he started mapping out his shots and what he wanted to do, thatâs when I realized he was making a war movie. It was amazing to see it just get better and better. A lot of actors like two takes, the Clint Eastwood method, and some actors like a lot of takes like the David Fincher method. Where do you fall on that scale and whatâs the most youâve ever done?Lawrence: I adapt to directors, I donât like making directors adapt to me. If Iâm with Clint Eastwood then Iâll do two takes, if Iâm with Fincher Iâll do 50âthough the thought of that sounds horrible. I think the most takes Iâve ever done would probably be maybe 10, on like a big studio movie where you can do those. But after a while itâs like, âItâs not gonna get any better, this is what it is,â the lightâs just gonna dull from your eyes. I think the more you do it, the less the actors listen to each other because then you start memorizing the other personâs lines and you start getting bored. Thereâs this freshness that happens within the first few takes of the actors actually listening to each other and actually really reacting. It kind of starts to dull after a few more takes, but then again you get a few more chances to get it right. Iâve spoken to some actors that the minute they get a script and know that theyâre gonna do the part, they start preparing, and some wanna wait until they get closer to the project to get into it. How are you when preparing for a role?Lawrence: See Iâve never like had a system or a program, I always think that I donât know how to act. Iâll adapt to any director because I donât really have a set way that I do things. If a director hires me and says, âI want you to get started right now and do this research, this research, this research and I want you to have every line memorized before you ever show up for the first day,â then thatâs what Iâll do. If not, I normally just kind of read the script the first time before the meeting, the read that makes me say âyes,â and then the next time is at the table read, and after that itâs just [memorizing] my lines the morning of hair and make-up, just kind of specifically. I really enjoyed the movie and Iâm very confident that itâs gonna be a huge hit. Youâre obviously making another one, what is it like to know that youâre going back into this world in the not too distant future?Lawrence: Exciting, which is weird because I remember signing on to it and think, âWell Iâll probably have fun on the first one and be miserable for the others,â but really Iâm excited to get back into training, Iâm excited to get everybody back together, that was such a fun movie to shoot. And also, a time where an actor gets to do a character and a story that they really love and look up to and feel so strongly about, that happens maybe once in a lifetime maybe once every ten years, it doesnât happen a lot and I get to do it once a year, and also with people that I love. I love Josh and Liam and Elizabeth, Lenny, Woody, to get back together with those guys itâs great. Were there any scenes that you remember getting cut or anything you were sad to see go?Lawrence: You know, I could say yes but they happened afterwards when I was in my car driving away from the screening and remembered what got cut out, and then I realized that if I didnât notice when I was watching the movie, it shouldnât have been in there. I never once went, âOh they cut that out, oh they changed that, they missed that.â It wasnât until afterwards, and that means they did a good job; I didnât notice it. I definitely wanna ask you about The Silver Linings Playbook. For people who donât know, could you talk about little bit about who you play, what it was like to make that project?Lawrence: Yeah, Silver Linings Playbook was directed by David O. Russell, itâs with Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver, and itâs this kind of hilariously dark, sad story about this man, Bradley Cooper, who gets out of a mental institution and his wife has a restraining order against him and theyâre divorced but heâs convinced and obsessed with getting her back. Then he meets me, and Iâm an ex-sex addict and I agree to legally get letters to his ex-wife if he is my dance partner at a dance competition at the end of the month. When you read it like that itâs a very interesting synopsis.Lawrence: Yeah, itâs a David O. Russell synopsis (laughs). Do more people want to talk to you about Monk, Cold Case, or Medium?Lawrence: (laughs) Cold Case, but Monk actually has a better story. When I first got to California and started auditioning, this one Sunday we were at this church and I was in this youth group thing I guess where the younger kids go while the adults do their church. There were two characters in that episode, Emily J. and Emily C. I thought I was gonna be Emily C., that was my understanding because thatâs who I auditioned for then I found out I got the part so I went, âCool, Emily C.â Somebody announces like, âOh Iâm gonna be Emily J. in Monk,â and I was like, âOh my God, Iâm gonna be Emily C.!â so everybody at church was like, âGreat, we canât wait to see you guys!â It turns out Iâm a mascot, I come in and Iâm on the screen for three and a half seconds maybe, I have two lines and then I rumble away. I literally take my cat hat off, itâs the most humiliating [thing] and everybodyâs like âOh Emily C.â so I never went back to church ever again (laughs). What are the TV shows youâre watching right now?Lawrence: Doomsday Preppers, Ancient Aliens, I mean Sex and the City always because Iâm a girl. Intervention, Addicted, I Didnât Know I Was Pregnant, My Teen Is a Nightmare Iâm Moving Out, oh and Scare Tactics!For more Hunger Games interviews from the recent Los Angeles press junket:Jennifer Lawrence Talks The Hunger Games, the Mall Tour, Director Gary Ross, and MoreJosh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Talk The Hunger Games, the Sequels, and MoreProducer Nina Jacobson Talks The Hunger Games, Sequels, the Violence, and MoreElizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz and Wes Bentley Interview The Hunger GamesDonald Sutherland The Hunger Games InterviewAlexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman and Amandla Stenberg Interview The Hunger Games