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" 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. "

Scarlett Johansson

Day

Thinking

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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. "

" 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. "

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

Scarlett Johansson

Good

Job

" When I decide I want to have children with somebody, I think it would be nice to be married to that person. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim. "

" 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. "

" 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'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on. "

" As a devoted mother and private person, and with complete awareness that my daughter will one day be old enough to read the news about herself, I would only like to say that I will never, ever be commenting on the dissolution of my marriage. "

" 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. "

Scarlett Johansson

Think

Interesting

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

" I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to. "

" 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 interested in local politics. I never rule anything out, but I have a very full life right now, with a very young daughter. I have a lot that I want to do still with my career... I can't imagine that would be a possibility for a long time. "

" One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy. "

" 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. "

" I get up early, go to the coffee shop to play cards for a while. "

Scarlett Johansson

Early

Cards

" I look for projects with filmmakers who want to make things that give the audience a fresh experience. "

" I work a lot, so I don't really live anywhere for very long periods of time. "

" 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. "

" 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 just adored working with Woody. He was more than I could have ever dreamed of. I'd do it a million times over. "

Scarlett Johansson

Than

Just

" 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. "

Scarlett Johansson

Work

Down

" If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous. "

" 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. "

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

" Everyone has been discriminated against or harassed - sexism is real. "

" I believe in finding a soul mate. I've always been in monogamous relationships. I would never want to be in an open one. It'd be too awful. 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. "