A biography for Scarlett Johanssonhasn’t been written yet.
“These tabloid magazines - I think they're hideous and the downfall of society.”
“I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.”
“Claims have been made that I've been on a strict workout routine regulated by co-stars, whipped into shape by trainers I've never met, eating sprouted grains I can't pronounce and ultimately losing 14 pounds off my 5'3" frame. Losing 14 pounds out of necessity in order to live a healthier life is a huge victory. I'm a petite person to begin with, so the idea of my losing this amount of weight is utter lunacy. If I were to lose 14 pounds, I'd have to part with both arms. And a foot.”
“I like this job. I like doing it. It's good to be challenged like that.”
“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.”
“I think marriage initially involves a lot of people who have nothing to do with your relationship, because it's a legally binding contract, and that has a weight to it.”
“You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.”
“If you take a job as a public advocate, then you must advocate publicly.”
“I don't go to McDonald's anymore. After I saw Super Size Me... no way!”
“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.”
“I look for projects with filmmakers who want to make things that give the audience a fresh experience.”
“I have always... expected a lot from myself.”
“Chickens scare me. I don't like them. They seem a little floppy or something.”
“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.”
“I don't think it's natural to be a monogamous person.”
“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.”
“I value my privacy and my personal life - and I certainly don't exploit my personal life.”