Scarlett Johansson is an American actress who was the highest paid actress in 2018 and 2019. Her films have grossed over 14.3b dollars globally making her the ninth highest grossing box office star of all time.

Check out these motivational Scarlett Johansson quotes on life and success!

Here are 47 Inspirational Scarlett Johansson Quotes:

1. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

2. “Well, you put a little piece of yourself into every character that you do. Even if you’re playing some psychotic person, which of course I’m not, some part of you is in that character and it’s hopefully believable.” – Scarlett Johansson

3. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

4. “I have always… expected a lot from myself.” – Scarlett Johansson

5. “The truth isn’t all things to all people all of the time.” – Scarlett Johansson

6. “I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical.” – Scarlett Johansson

7. “I would way rather not have middle ground. I would way rather fail in someone’s eyes than be that sort of tepid… that’s the worst.” – Scarlett Johansson

8. “I always come back to the fact that my own instinct is better than something I build in my mind.” – Scarlett Johansson

9. “I don’t judge people on their worst mistakes.” – Scarlett Johansson

10. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

11. “I’m happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.” – Scarlett Johansson

 

12. “I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn’t pay to see, or something that didn’t challenge me.” – Scarlett Johansson

13. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

14. “It is important to remind young people that peace is the only victory.” – Scarlett Johansson

15. “Ignorance brings chaos, not knowledge.” – Scarlett Johansson

16. “Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.” – Scarlett Johansson

17. “Whenever I’m taking time off, all I’m thinking about is working.” – Scarlett Johansson

18. “I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.” – Scarlett Johansson

19. “I find beauty in unusual things, like hanging your head out the window or sitting on a fire escape.” – Scarlett Johansson

20. “I believe that luck is opportunity meeting preparation.” – Scarlett Johansson

21. “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

22. “I think the idea of marriage is very romantic; it’s a beautiful idea, and the practice of it can be a very beautiful thing.” – Scarlett Johansson

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24. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

25. “I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions.” – Scarlett Johansson

26. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

27. “Diversity is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel like I was playing a character that was offensive.” – Scarlett Johansson

28. “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

29. “I used to have nothing. And then I got this. This job. This family. And I was better because of it.” – Scarlett Johansson

30. “I just don’t like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn’t.” – Scarlett Johansson

31. “I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.” – Scarlett Johansson

32. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

33. “When we live our lives every day, we’re met by opportunities, and most of us don’t even recognize them.” – Scarlett Johansson

34. “I’d rather be really good at something or not do it at all.” – Scarlett Johansson

 

35. “You’re married, and suddenly you have your own family. There’s a nice comfort in that.” – Scarlett Johansson

36. “If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous.” – Scarlett Johansson

37. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

38. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

39. “Time gives legitimacy to its existence. Time is the only true unit of measure.” – Scarlett Johansson

40. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

41. “Humans consider themselves unique so they’ve rooted their whole theory of existence on their uniqueness.” – Scarlett Johansson

42. “You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn’t work out.” – Scarlett Johansson

43. “It’s important not to lose who you are in a relationship just because it’s nice to cuddle with somebody.” – Scarlett Johansson

44. “Child hunger in America is a real and often overlooked problem, but one that together, we can fix.” – Scarlett Johansson

45. “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.” – Scarlett Johansson

46. “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

47. “I’ve had to fight for everything that I have, It’s such a fickle and political industry.” – Scarlett Johansson

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