Being a movie star is a quality that somebody sort of embodies, and being a celebrity is something that people give to you. It has to do with being recognizable, as opposed to something that people recognize in you. I just hope to make good movies. I know that sounds simple, but it’s true.

— Scarlett Johansson

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As a person in the public eye, I have always felt that if I have the good fortune of being able to shed a spotlight on different causes that I feel passionately about.

— Scarlett Johansson

I’ve been fortunate enough to travel with Oxfam several times, and they’re always so well organized, so it was a good way to show the kind of work they’re doing.

— Scarlett Johansson

You read statistics all the time like, “13 million people are at risk because of the severe drought in East Africa,” but I think those kinds of numbers fall on deaf ears – there’s so much devastation in the world, that it’s a bit overwhelming for people.

— Scarlett Johansson

Obviously filming and working has consistently been a part of my life. I’ve never had a huge break of time when I wasn’t working on something or promoting something.

— Scarlett Johansson

I just don’t like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn’t.

— Scarlett Johansson

Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.

— Scarlett Johansson

I don’t feel the obligation to be a specific weight. I don’t feel like I have to fit into a body that’s not my body. I have the body I have and I try to maintain it.

— Scarlett Johansson

I’m just in work mode, and that prevents me from going into the Hollywood starlet mode, I suppose.

— Scarlett Johansson

I’m good with dialect. Some actors do it immediately; other actors never quite get it. It’s something I’ve always really enjoyed and something I’ve always been pretty fast with.

— Scarlett Johansson

My father is from Copenhagen and he lived there until he was in his late 20s. We always grew up with a lot of Danish culture at home. My mother is Jewish but we always celebrated Christmas because we loved the traditions of Danish Christmas.

— Scarlett Johansson

You have Cameron Crowe write an incredible monologue for you just based on the things that you’re talking about. It just became this opportunity that was too exciting a process to pass up.

— Scarlett Johansson

I think you have to protect your private life as much as you possibly can, and, at the same time, find ways to redirect that focus and turn the glare into a positive thing. I don’t know how you do it. I don’t know how anybody’s ever done it.

— Scarlett Johansson

A smile from an attractive woman at a bar very rarely ends up in any sort of sexual encounter. But a man is a fool not to push the suggestion as far as it will go, and he’s that man.

— Scarlett Johansson

I think it’s important for people to be aware of the impact that climate change is having on this huge community of people.

— Scarlett Johansson

My mom was always active. She was always an active voter, whether it was local, state, or federal elections. My mom would take us to polling locations when we were kids.

— Scarlett Johansson

I’m terrified to ride a bike in a city – and I grew up riding bikes in the city. I’ve just heard enough stories – I have enough friends who’ve been hit by taxicabs and things.

— Scarlett Johansson

I believe that luck is opportunity meeting preparation.

— Scarlett Johansson

I’ve always wanted to work with Cameron Crowe. I’ve auditioned for him several times for various projects over the last ten years, and I’ve always admired the way he worked with me.

— Scarlett Johansson

I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical.

— Scarlett Johansson

As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful.

— Scarlett Johansson
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