Scarlett Johansson Quotes Page 2

“I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.”

“I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.”

“I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.”

“I'm not anxious to starve myself. For me, it's not at all sexy to be ultra-thin.”

“I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.”

“I've always been interested in local politics. I never rule anything out, but I have a very full life right now, with a very young daughter. I have a lot that I want to do still with my career... I can't imagine that would be a possibility for a long time.”

“I've always been very competitive, and a part of that is pushing your boundaries – taking a risk and being able to live with the loss that comes with taking a risk.”

“I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.”

“I've always had the same principle for choosing roles, which is to try and make movies that I would pay to see. As I get older, that's meant different things.”

“I've never been a superhero-comic fan exactly.”

“I've stood around bogs wearing half a million dollars' worth of jewelry, up to my knees in the rot, thinking how much more or less the place smelled like a sewer than it did the day before.”

“If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous.”

“If you take a job as a public advocate, then you must advocate publicly.”

“It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.”

“It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else – to gauge where you are and work on your own issues.”

“It's nice to have a crush on someone. It feels like you're alive, you know?”

“Just because I'm the top-grossing actress of all time does not mean I'm the highest paid. I've had to fight for everything that I have. It's such a fickle and political industry.”

“LA's a very hard place to be unless you have people there that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don't take care of yourself. In LA, nobody wants to talk to each other, everybody's giving each other catty looks.”

“One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy.”

“Powerful women often get concerned with this idea that they're going to be seen in this unforgiving light. Screw that. It's so old-fashioned... It's so uninspired and actually really cowardly.”

“Sometimes I live in Paris for a couple of months, then I have a job some place, and then I come back to New York. I guess my base is New York-ish, 'cause my family is here. But my husband's family is all in Paris, so we try to spend a lot of time there, also. Especially now that we have Rose.”

“There's no such thing as an aura of mystery anymore. It doesn't exist. That's a thing of the past.”

“These tabloid magazines – I think they're hideous and the downfall of society.”

“When I decide I want to have children with somebody, I think it would be nice to be married to that person.”

“When you spend a lot of time, like I do, just standing around and waiting, or being moved from place to place, every minute gets consumed by something someone else has set up for you. And it's not like I'm always in a beautiful place wearing something gorgeous.”

“Whenever I'm taking time off, all I'm thinking about is working.”

“You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.”