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| DarthSungKang 04/01/21 11:03:34 PM #1: | https://news.yahoo.com/scarlett-johansson-says-she-apos-201346450.html Scarlett Johansson isn't interested in getting political in public. "I dont think actors have obligations to have a public role in society," the 36-year-old actress told The Gentlewoman in a recent interview. "You didnt choose to be a politician, youre an actor," she added. The "Black Widow" star believes it's "unfair" to expect that from celebrities who don't want to offer it. "Your job [as an actor] is to reflect our experience to ourselves; your job is to be a mirror for an audience, to be able to have an empathetic experience through art. That is what your job is," Johansson explained. "Whatever my political views are, all that stuff, I feel most successful when people can sit in a theatre or at home and disappear into a story or a performance and see pieces of themselves, or are able to connect with themselves through this experience of watching this performance or story or interaction between actors or whatever it is," she continued. Johansson added: "Theyre affected by it and theyre thinking about it, and they feel something. They have an emotional reaction to it good, bad, uncomfortable, validating, whatever. Thats my job. The other stuff is not my job."... ...She also reflected on originally defending Woody Allen, who she previously worked with. The director was accused by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow of sexual abuse, which Allen has long denied. "I mean, everyone has a hard time admitting when theyre wrong about stuff, and for all of that to come out publicly, it can be embarrassing," Johansson said. "To have the experience of, Wow, I was really off mark there, or I wasnt looking at the big picture, or I was inconsiderate Im also a person." --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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