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Jennifer Lawrence: "When I See Her, I Babble," Says Hunger Games Costar Donald Sutherland

Find out what else the acting legend has to say about the young Oscar winner

By Marc Malkin Nov 18, 2013 2:00 PMTags
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It really is turning into Jennifer Lawrence's world and we just live in it.

Just read what Donald Sutherland, who plays President Snow in The Hunger Games movies, has to say about his young costar.

"She's a delivery system for the truth," the acting legend gushed about her acting chops while promoting Catching Fire. "She channels epiphanies. She's brilliant, she's brilliant. She's unlike other performers."

He added, "When I work with her, between Katniss Everdeen and Coriolanus Snow, it's a battle I can taste, eat—I love it!"

Sutherland's affection for the young Oscar winner goes beyond work.

"I'm awkward in her presence," Sutherland said. "When I see her, I babble. When I meet her coming out of an elevator, I'm blub, blub, blub."

And it's always great to hear that Lawrence's Oscar win didn't change her one bit.

"She's still the same ole girl," her X Men costar James McAvoy told E! News earlier this year. "We love Jennifer, she's amazing. Properly amazing."

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is in theaters on Nov. 22.

Watch: Jennifer Lawrence's Effect on Donald Sutherland