Jennifer Lawrence Full Acceptance Speech at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment 2017

Jennifer Lawrence received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter's 2017 Women in Entertainment. Lawrence speaks of embracing her platform and quoted Elie Wiesel in her acceptance speech saying, "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim."

[lisjanacelaj]

"Wait for a mom can we for Angelina" LOVE AND RESPECT HER!!

[bnaama]

I can't with her, she's TOO FREAKING PERFECT!
The speech was touching, funny and thought-provoking.
Lets hope the change doesn't stop here!

[nana]

Why didn't she speak up for innocent Palestinians!?

[raquelcrochet_designs]

Wow her inner katniss everdeen came out reading that quote

[yanminstanford]

Her talk is humble and inspiring!! Love it!

[leounn]

Thank you Jen. That was a nice speech. Have a great day!

[ayatmirza]

It’s great long speech she had to read it from the screen but Angelina spoke from the heart of experience

[AmandaaReis]

jen and angie they're my favorite <3

[valhalla]

that quote was powerful, especially right now!

[liluhaas]

whoever wrote this speech for her is very talented!

[SonjaDawn]

I speak my mind when I'm in front of an audience presenting my story through NAMI IOOV, when I'm in a room by myself, when I'm with peers and to perfect strangers. I don't know any other way to speak other than with my own mind.

[harrisonsmiller]

The people who said she didn't write her speech ignore the fact that almost all of her co-stars and directors comment on how incredibly smart she is. She will win an Oscar for writing before she's done.

[ChristosAnesti]

Honestly, if I were to see this speech for the first time in written form, I'd think it a bit cheesy, but she manages to actually add weight to it, make it relevant and very personal. She pretty much sticks with an expressionless face throughout the duration of the speech, and yet she manages to deliver exactly the kind of message I personally like to hear. Unlike, for example, Emma Watson, who's on the verge of crying whenever she talks about inequal pay, like it's some fucking incurable disease that she suffers from. Jennifer is cool because she can get across the importance of this matter, regardless of how some of us might argue that we can't relate to Hollywood's take on 'equal pay', and yet it's not laughable; she doesn't take herself too seriously and is very honest when she expresses herself, and we need more of that. And less of Lena Dunham, Emma Watson and other Queen Bees out there who shame the feminist movement with ridiculous claims and wrongly assume that they're empowering women, when in reality they just make us look stupid really. Those kind of "activists" are the reason people are ashamed to say they're a feminist. Go Jen!

[mariettamb]

Jennifer Law is so good😊 and very Nice

[jazminehadid]

Such an incredible speech I love her so much

[susaryla]

Jennifer is just as much a role model as Angelina...as a woman...see what she has managed to do the last years....she is young and strong and a WOMAN, and she is humble and hardworking. And people love her and lets her be outspoken...and she shows the world that you can say what ever you believe and still be respected...and if not respected...she still keep in control. Because her focus comes from a real place....and not managed from fear!

[TM-wtwq]

What's she on about? What happened in 2017?

[preciousotoakhia]

Jennifer Lawrence is queen 💯💯💯 really hope she and Josh Hutcherson work together on screen again

[rikkemorningstar]

So where's this energy now, huh?

[Luna-dszy]

I love Jennifer and all her work through her foundation.