Scarlett Johansson

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

I like this job. I like doing it. It's good to be challenged like that.

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.

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

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

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 certainly would never presume to play another race of a person. Diversity is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel like I was playing a character that was offensive.

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.

Being married is different than not being married, and anybody who tells you that it's the same is lying.

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.

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.