Scarlett Johansson on Being a Movie Star vs. Being an Actor

'Dirty Dancing was such a formative part of my youth,' says Scarlett Johansson. Watch the double Oscar-nominated actress's screen test, here.

."Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a movie star? In my mind, I didn't know what he meant, exactly. I felt like you can be both, [and] yoube both, but he was saying to me, Are you here to do the work? I internalized that. If your end goal is just to be a movie star, well, you know, that's different than acting."

Clearly, that wisdom stayed with her. This year, Johansson has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for her lead role inBut her love for movies isn't restricted to serious art house fare. In fact her first sexual awakening, she reveals to Hirschberg, involved ogling Patrick Swayze inwas such a formative part of my youth. It was Patrick Swayze, and David Bowie inwhen I was, like, Oh, sexuality. It opened my eyes to, like, some other thing.

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