Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson Reveal How Becoming Parents Changed Them: ‘It’s Brutal and Incredible’

Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson believe parenthood changed so much about their lives — including how they approach their careers as actors.

During a press conference at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 18, Lawrence, 34, and Pattinson, 39, spoke about becoming parents as they discussed their thriller Die, My Love.

"Having children changes everything. It changes your whole life. It's brutal and incredible," said Lawrence, who shares a 3-year-old son Cy and a newborn with husband Cooke Maroney.

Added Pattinson, who is a dad to a 1-year-old daughter with Suki Waterhouse: "I think, in the most unexpected ways, having a baby gives you the biggest trove of energy and inspiration afterward. It's a different kind of energy."

According to Lawrence, being a mom affects her work. "Not only do they go into every decision of if I'm working, where I'm working, when I'm working — they've taught me," she said.

"I mean, I didn't know that I could feel so much, and my job has a lot to do with emotions, and they've opened up the world to me," added the Oscar winner. "It's almost like feeling like a blister or something, so sensitive."

She continued of her two kids, "They've changed my life, obviously, for the best, and they've changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids, if you want to be an actor."

Pattinson, for his part, teased that his view on the matter was "impossible for a guy to answer correctly."

"It's literally just like what Jennifer said. I'm here just to support," he continued. "Ever since she was born, it's reinvigorated the way I approach work, and yeah, you're a completely different person the next day."

Making its debut at the annual film event in France, Die, My Love is an adaptation of the 2017 novel by Ariana Harwicz about a new mother who develops postpartum depression and enters psychosis. Directed and written by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), the film will be competing for the Palme d'Or.

The project marks Lawrence's first since her raunchy 2023 comedy No Hard Feelings, and puts her back in the awards conversation after her last Oscar nomination in 2016 for Joy. (She won the Best Actress Oscar in 2013 for Silver Linings Playbook.)

The cast and crew earned a nine-minute-long standing ovation after the film premiered at the annual event in France.

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As Pattinson and his Mickey 17 director Bong Joon Ho recently took part in a video interview with GQ, the actor expressed some level of dismay for having to dance while acting — as he does in Die, My Love.

"It seems to be in almost every movie, there's some moment where they're like, 'Here's the dancing scene.' Except for Mickey," Pattinson said, after Bong, 55, asked if he ever danced and sang for a role. "The amount of times and my equivalent of Mickey's life where you're just a living hell every day."

"And it came to the day and I was sweating so much — the insides of my trousers were wet [with sweat]," he added with a laugh. "That's a little exaggeration."

Die, My Love does not have a set release date yet.