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Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time, best known for playing Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Johansson began acting as a child and gained critical acclaim for her roles in Lost in Translation (2003) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). She has received a BAFTA Award and nominations for five Golden Globes and an Academy Award. In addition to blockbusters, she has starred in independent films such as Her, Under the Skin, and Marriage Story. Johansson is also a philanthropist and activist, supporting women's rights and refugee causes. She was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2019.

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“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.”

People Ifs Want Giving Looks Hard Care Love You Lonely Take Care Take Care Of Yourself

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“I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn't have any cellulite then.”

Games Video Cellulite

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

Thinking Way Reason Life Is Various Work Out One Way

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“It's so archaic. It's just, like, bizarre to me. I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?'”

People Feels Years Looks Children Gay Married Our Children Bizarre Gay People

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“I would have loved to have gone into diagnostic medicine.”

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“I have always... expected a lot from myself.”

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“I just want to work on things that are really hard, and when I'm not working on things that are really hard, I want to hang out with people I like to be with, and that's it.”

People Want Hard Hanging Out

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“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Giving Causes Interesting Figures Direct Worthy Progressive Shed Spotlight

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

Film Challenges Pay

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“I believe in finding a soulmate.”

Believe I Believe Findings I Believe In Soulmate

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“SodaStream is a company that is not only committed to the environment, but to building a bridge to peace between Israel and Palestine, supporting neighbors working alongside each other, receiving equal pay, equal benefits and equal rights. That is what is happening in their Ma'ale Adumim factory every working day.”

Pay Company Environment Rights Building Equal Benefits Happenings Committed Israel Neighbor Bridges Factories Receiving Palestine Equal Rights Equal Pay Ale

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“I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions.”

Heart Ability Acting Emotion Realization Manipulate

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“I always check in the mirror to make sure nothing is see-through.”

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“I'm so tired of hearing casting directors ask if I have a sore throat. The people who have told me that my voice is distinctive, it's unusual...those people have always been close to my heart.”

People Ifs Heart Asks Voice My Heart Directors Tired Hearing Throat Unusual Casting Distinctive Casting Directors Close To My Heart Sore Throat

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“I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that's the secret to my success.”

Way Character Three Can Do Secret Morning Nails Right Way Obsessive Manicures

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“I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.”

Needs Looks Stills I Can Care Independent Love And Care

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“You work hard making independent films for fourteen years and you get voted best breasts.”

Years Hard Film Hard Work Independent Breasts Fourteen Independent Film

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“I don't want to be the ingenue anymore. It's nice to be glamorous, but I don't want to always be an object of desire. Because it doesn't last.”

Want Lasts Desire Nice Objects Glamorous Objects Of Desire

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“I'm all about fashion, cheeseburgers and bright-red lipstick.”

Fashion Red Lipstick Cheeseburger Red Lipstick

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“What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?”

Heart Brain My Heart Kidneys

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“I think that I sort of see other actresses are kind of proud of the way they look and show it off. That's never really been my style. I really don't think that it's disgusting or wrong, if you're 18 you're 18, it's your body, it's your right to show yourself, however, I don't really take a part in that. I like to look nice, but I think that there's ways of doing it that are more tasteful than just wearing a bikini wherever you go.”

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“I don't think there's any kind of preparation for sudden celebrity. I think you almost have this slight nervous breakdown when that kind of media attention happens. I mean, you're doing the same kind of thing that you do all the time, only you have to make these weird adjustments. Like, you're buying a slice of pizza and somebody's outside photographing you which is weird - that's not normal! It's very uncomfortable.”

Thinking Kind Mean Happens Attention Media Like You Normal Nervous Preparation Uncomfortable Buying Pizza Adjustment Breakdown Nervous Breakdown

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

Thinking Magazines Hideous Tabloids Downfall

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

Past Mystery Auras

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

Thinking Take Time Time Off

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“I don't know if I've got swept up. It's so shocking when you hear that Calvin Klein wants you for their new campaign. You're like "who me?". I guess you have to decide where you draw the line between you saying, this is fun, pretty and fabulous, and being over-exposed.”

Ifs Knows Want Fun Lines Draws Campaigns Exposed Fabulous Shocking

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“I don't think [being monogamous] is a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I believe in finding a soul mate. Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it.”

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“I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.”

Trying Made Wanted Figures Sparks

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“Actresses get stupid questions asked of them all the time, like, ‘How do you stay sexy?’ or ‘What’s your sexiest quality?’ All these ridiculous things you would never ask a man.”

Men Asks Quality Stupid Sexy Actresses Ridiculous Sexiest Questions Asked Ridiculous Things Stupid Questions

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“We are supposed to be liberated in America but if our President [George W. Bush] had his way, we wouldn't be educated about sex at all. Every woman would have six children and we wouldn't be able to have abortions.”

Ifs Way Children Able America Sex President Six Educated Supposed To Be Abortion Liberated President George W Bush

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“The truth isn't all things to all people all of the time.”

People Reality Truth Truth Is All Things

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“I'm just a big believer in 'you must love yourself before you can love anybody else,' and I think for me that breeds the most inspired relationships.”

Thinking Bigs Love You Inspired Believer Love Yourself Great Love

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“Well, you put a little piece of yourself into every character that you do. Even if you're playing some psychotic person, which of course I'm not, some part of you is in that character and it's hopefully believable. I always come back to the fact that my own instinct is better than something I build in my mind.”

Ifs Mind Wells Littles Persons Character Facts Courses My Own Pieces Instinct Hopefully Believable Psychotic

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“I don't plan on selling out. I mean, it's nice to get a dinner reservation ahead of other people, but when it comes down to it, the most important thing to me is the actual work.”

People Mean Important Nice Plans Fame Important Things Dinner Selling Reservations Selling Out

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“If you have breakouts, it can be really healing, it's a little bit stinky, but if you're not sleeping over at your boyfriend's, it's really effective”

Ifs Littles Bits Sleep Healing Little Bit Your Boyfriend Not Sleeping Stinky

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“There is nothing strange, creepy, or inappropriate about John Travolta .”

Strange Creepy Inappropriate

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“It's so difficult to feel comfortable in the body you have. You always want to look a different way, taller or thinner, whatever it may be. I still struggle with it. I think everybody does.”

Thinking Way Want Feels Looks May Doe Stills Different Body Difficult Struggle Comfortable Different Ways

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“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.”

Knows Humans Film Wonderful Behavior Movie Insightful Human Behavior Woody Film History

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

Shows House White Dinner White House Awards Award Shows

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“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.”

People Important Issues Figures Where You Are Involving Gauges

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About the Author

Born: November 22, 1984
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 140

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