'Nothing makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV': Jennifer Lawrence reveals her very un-Hollywood habits

PUBLISHED: 16:55 EST, 30 December 2012 | UPDATED: 17:01 EST, 30 December 2012

You won't catch Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence falling out of a club or fad dieting like most of her contemporaries.

The 22-year-old actress is much more likely to be slouched on her sofa watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians and stuffing herself with pizza - so she says.

Speaking to Marie Claire South Africa, the Kentucky-born beauty revealed that not only does she never diet, her favourite fare is junk food.

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Smoking: Jennifer Lawrence smoulders in a metallic cutaway dress on the cover of South African Marie Claire

She also calls herself an 'old lady' because she rarely stays out after 11pm and is addicted to train wreck television.

Lawrence said that she just likes to have friends over to her Los Angeles apartment and explained: 'It's like a reality TV show cave.

'I just learned how to work TiVO. That changed my life.'

And what does she serve up while entertaining?

'Junk food of course!' she said.

Defiant: The Hunger Games star says that her favourite fare is junk food and she refuses to diet for a role

Lawrence jokingly went on to say how unsettled she feels if she misses a single episode of one of her shows.

She said: 'After it's 11, I'm like, "Don't these kids ever get tired?" When I'm out, I think about my couch. Like, "It would be awesome to be on it right now. I bet there's an episode of Dance Moms on. Am I missing a new episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians?" I'm just stressed by the idea of missing them.'

Lawrence added: 'Reality TV is my silver lining.

'At the end of the day there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV.'

Oscar time: The 22-year-old is hotly tipped for an Academy Award nod for her role in Silver Linings Playbook

The star, who has always been vocal about her attitude towards actresses starving themselves and has previously said that she wants young girls to see her as a 'healthy looking' role model, smoulders on the cover of the magazine in a sexy metallic, almost armour-esque cutaway dress.

Lawrence's make-up is dark and striking and her tawny hair is worn down, with a choppy fringe.

She is so refreshingly determined to eschew the La La Land norm, she also insisted: 'I’d rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life.'

And when asked if she has any New Year's resolutions, Lawrence - hotly tipped for an Oscar nod for her role in Silver Linings Playbook - said: 'My New Year’s Resolution is to stand up for myself.

'It’s hard for me. Nobody wants to be disliked. You always want to be polite and be nice.

'I end up allowing myself to get walked over and resenting it.'

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Oh and I wouldn't say any form of interest in the Kardashians is "normal".

- Lala , Hampshire, 31/12/2012 23:13

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The cover is atrocious, why plaster so much make up and photoshop over natural beauty? Fashion industry has lost the plot.

- Lala , Hampshire, 31/12/2012 23:05

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Now SHE can act.

- spoonda , lv, United States, 31/12/2012 22:00

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It's a joke, Hollywood gets a 22 year old play opposite a guy in their late 30's. Woody Allen, claim your prize!

- Alex B , Dragons Pen, 31/12/2012 19:08

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you can see the knickers behind the laser cut dress, you would have thought that the stylish would have thought of that!!!!!!!

- CALI , CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, 31/12/2012 18:09

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She's unrecognizable in the cover of Marie Claire!! Why do they ruin her natural beauty with Photoshop?!?!

- winewinky , Bordighera, Italy, 31/12/2012 16:28

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I think she tries too hard to appear normal. She always says stuff like this every other week, and then she'll throw in the occasional sentence of how she hates being famous, etc.

- Anon , London, 31/12/2012 15:49

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I LOVE her

- megafashionaddict , Alicante, Spain, 31/12/2012 15:10

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Love her - Gc123x , Leicestershire ---------------- Yep, me too. After reading this article, I love her more.

- cmarie , London, 31/12/2012 14:13

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She actually looks far prettier in those red carpet pictures where she hasn't been airbrushed.

- honeybeecro7 , Zagreb, Croatia, 31/12/2012 14:02

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