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.
It's important not to lose who you are in a relationship just because it's nice to cuddle with somebody.
I’ve never considered myself a femme fatale as I’ve never seduced anyone and ruined their lives. At least as far as I know.
One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy.
I'm very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.
If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous.
It's nice to have a crush on someone. It feels like you're alive, you know?
I'm not anxious to starve myself. For me, it's not at all sexy to be ultra-thin.
I don't profess to know how to balance the positive and the negative media attention. It's a gamble every time you put yourself out there, and, certainly, I'm always readjusting to it.
I'm all about fashion, cheeseburgers and bright-red lipstick.
It is important to remind young people that peace is the only victory.
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?'
I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.
The truth isn't all things to all people all of the time.
![Every director is themselves; [they're] not playing a part.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/scarlett-johansson-126911.jpg)
Every director is themselves; [they're] not playing a part.
Whenever I'm taking time off, all I'm thinking about is working.
I love road trips, I love driving, I love finding little towns. I just think it's the best way to travel.
Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.
I think it's important for people to be aware of the impact that climate change is having on this huge community of people.
I’ve never considered myself a femme fatale as I’ve never seduced anyone and ruined their lives. At least as far as I know.
I don't think about being sexy, being seductive. What you don't want to see is somebody trying to be sexy. That's the most unsexy thing.
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.
For day-to-day beauty, I'm a Q-tip and Vaseline kind of girl. I never leave home without Q-tips - they're a great fix for any makeup emergencies.
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
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.
I never really thought about getting married - it just kind of happened. It seemed natural, the right thing to do. It was kind of a celebration of the time.
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.
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.
You're married, and suddenly you have your own family. There's a nice comfort in that. That part of your life is certain ... You've got your home in that other person.
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.
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.
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.
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.
You have to believe that you can act and that you're the right person for the job but I think it's good to not always know how you're going to do it. The fun part is trying to figure it out.
I did an interview where they were harping on and on about sensuality and sexuality... really, I have nothing to say about any of that stuff because it's so boring and I never think about it.
I don't think I need too much help. I think my head's on pretty straight, and I'm pretty realistic about things. I'm very focused, so that certainly prevents me from going all over the place.
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 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 think most of the impact I have over time most people will not actually know about.
I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.
You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.
I believe in finding a soulmate.
I value my privacy and my personal life - and I certainly don't exploit my personal life.
Being married is different than not being married, and anybody who tells you that it's the same is lying.
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.
I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that.
Improvisation has never been my strong point.
I hope it never becomes normal to feel scrutinized.
I believe that luck is opportunity meeting preparation.
I always like to start with a matte base then add shimmer.
I'd rather be really good at something or not do it at all.
I always check in the mirror to make sure nothing is see-through.
I don't go to McDonald's anymore. After I saw Super Size Me... no way!
I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical.
There is nothing strange, creepy, or inappropriate about John Travolta .
Every film is exciting because I get new tools and cool new things to do.
I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.
It's nice to have a crush on someone. It feels like you're alive, you know?
I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.
These tabloid magazines - I think they're hideous and the downfall of society.
As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful.
I just don't like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn't.
What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?
Growing up I never got into comic books at all. I didn't have any inspiration for it.
When I'm not working or promoting something, I try to be as under-the-radar as I can .
I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.
You work hard making independent films for fourteen years and you get voted best breasts.
There's no such thing as an aura of mystery anymore. It doesn't exist. That's a thing of the past.
I'm just in work mode, and that prevents me from going into the Hollywood starlet mode, I suppose.
I find beauty in unusual things, like hanging your head out the window or sitting on a fire escape.
When we live our lives everyday, we're met by opportunities, and most of us don't even recognize them.
I can't think of anything I'd rather do less than have to continuously share details of my everyday life.
![They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/scarlett-johansson-126880.jpg)
They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.
Every actor has a production company already. It's just a matter of producing your own films under the label of your own production company.
I'm an actor for hire. It's important not to forget that you're disposable....When you have that mentality, you fight for the jobs you want.
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.
I always feel like I have to prove myself as an actor, otherwise you get lazy if you're not slightly terrified that you're going to fail all the time.
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.
When I'm single, I don't focus. I focus on a guy if he's a boyfriend, but I don't focus on finding a boyfriend. They're never around when you want them.
I would love to work on Broadway, but I don't know that it would manifest itself in musical theater.... I have terrible stage fright that I'd have to get over.
I wouldn't say I'm a serial monogamist ... I mean, I went through periods of time when I was, ah, single. But when I'm in a relationship, I'm in a relationship.
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.
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.
I'm very comfortable with my sexuality, my body, my face - well, sometimes I'm not comfortable with my face, but it's stuck there and there's nothing I can do about it.
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.
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...
I want to look good, obviously. I don't want to look at the screen and go, Oh, my skin looks terrible, or, I look exhausted. That's why I take care of myself when I work.
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.
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.
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.
My family grew up relying on public assistance to help provide meals for our family. Child hunger in America is a real and often overlooked problem, but one that together, we can fix.
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.
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.
![I don't feel the need to brand myself in that way [social media]. But as a means to share information and raise awareness of things, I think these social-networking platforms are unprecedented.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/scarlett-johansson-126841.jpg)
I don't feel the need to brand myself in that way [social media]. But as a means to share information and raise awareness of things, I think these social-networking platforms are unprecedented.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex.
I get tested for HIV twice a year.... One has to be socially aware. It's part of being a decent human to be tested for STDs. It's just disgusting behaviour when people don't. It's so irresponsible.
Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives? It's hard to put your finger on why we are where we are.
I'm not a statistician, but it doesn't take a genious to work out that 100 million children being denied an education is ridiculous. There is nothing lost in translation here, it's obvious that's wrong.
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 do think on some basic level we are animals, and by instinct we kind of breed accordingly. But as much as I believe that, I work really hard when I'm in a relationship to make it work in a monogamous way.
I look for projects with filmmakers who want to make things that give the audience a fresh experience.
I like this job. I like doing it. It's good to be challenged like that.
