Scarlett Johansson Quotes

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.

Scarlett Johansson

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• Glamorous
• Ingenue

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• 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.

  

  Scarlett Johansson
  • Desire
  • Glamorous
  • Ingenue