I Only Act in Films I Would Pay to See; She's the New Kid On the Block and the 19-Year-Old Is Taking the Film World by Storm, Not in Run-of-the-Mill Prom Queen Roles in Teen Flicks, but by Giving Performances That Are Likely to Put Her in Line for an Oscar. By Abigail Wild

The Herald › January 24, 2004

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Come the Baftas, Nicole Kidman, having been overlooked this year, can for once opt for a quiet night in. Scarlett Johansson, actress and not an immense fan of the limelight, on the other hand, must put on two layers of lippy. Having been nominated as best actress for her roles in Lost In Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring, she is in the unusual position of competing against herself for an award.

She'll love that. Among the many traits Johansson claims to possess - eccentricity, compulsiveness, enthusiasm, ambition, "dorkishness" - she has said she has an unrivalled competitive streak. Two years ago, while promoting Eight Legged Freaks, she admitted: "I'm competitive about getting parts, I'm competitive about being right. Especially when it's my dad. I'm a very good argumenter. Argumentress. Arguer."

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I Only Act in Films I Would Pay to See; She's the New Kid On the Block and the 19-Year-Old Is Taking the Film World by Storm, Not in Run-of-the-Mill Prom Queen Roles in Teen Flicks, but by Giving Performances That Are Likely to Put Her in Line for an Oscar. By Abigail Wild

It's an endearing, uncharacteristic linguistic glitch, but a revealing one. Johansson's husky, 20-a-day, bucket-of-gravel voice, along with her extraordinarily subtle performance as Charlotte in Lost in Translation, belies the energy and frothiness of the teenager within. Married philosophy graduate ...

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