1998: Scarlett Johansson on Balancing School With Acting
You’re only 13. I mean, is it hard for you to be in school and pursue this career? It must get a little overwhelming. Yeah, it gets overwhelming. You know, it gets difficult because you have to get in that assignment, but at the same time, you’re reading your line. So, it’s um it gets difficult, but I mean, it’s like a dream come true. I couldn’t want I couldn’t ask anything more. Um and I you know, you you learn to work with it and school isn’t the best thing, you I’m not going to I’m not like a candidate for school or anything, but um you’re not going to be a national merit finalist. No. No. Well, why not? Come on, don’t say that. Um we’ll we’ll see. Well, you’re certainly incredibly articulate and poised for a 13-year-old, much more so than a lot of 50y olds I speak with. I I wish you all the luck in the world. Your performance in this movie is really stunning. Thank you very much. Nice to meet you, Scarlet. Let’s meet you.
Scarlett Johansson, then 13 years old, explains how she balances school and pursuing her acting career. This originally aired on TODAY on May 25, 1998.
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She still looks about the same
She doesn’t look 13 crazy
UGH. Katie Couric. Leftist talking head.
Wow, I've never seen Scarlett as a kid before 😮
One of the reasons I wanted to hold off on acting…I wanted to finish school. Seems really difficult doing both school and a career like that with minimal life experience at such a young age. Very stressful. Life is stressful for pre/teens already, especially now. Back in the 90s things were a little different.
I think she did a pretty good job. ❤😇
Such a class act. I bet Blake is so jealous
She has not changed! So stunning!
Cute 😊
😢
Respectful interviewer 👏🏻
That’s crazy she’s been in the business this long. Hopefully she wasn’t abused.
As Deep State and protected as 2 people can possibly get.
Katie part of the 9/11 Deception.
Legend infamy’s
she’s so cute ❤
Her nose is different now
She literally looks the same wow. You can tell she hasn’t had any plastic surgery done.
Wow long career
Im not not a candidate for school😂😂😂😂
Before getting the Hollywood nose shaving…
She is so clever
13 looks older
13?!?!? Wow … she looks about 18
Wow, such a beautiful and respectful teenager.
Like Natalie Portman
She did Lucy
Aww Katie was so sweet to her. Interviewers are notorious for being invasive nitwits to child stars. This interaction was refreshing.
She always sounds so nasally to me…
Almost got that role instead of her.
When health, emotion flare up (up to psychological ups and downs moments) after serious heart break, here. It is easier to educate one herself for sometime while paper work starts getting straightened because of shelter jealousness also had to pass through at all times
Ugley
What a beautiful haircolour!
Aww she’s so cute as a kid.
So pretty at 13 👍🙂 she always has been my favorite!
she was so mature and complete for 13 yo… its amazing
Beautiful actress
She talks the same way! ❤
She's had a little nose slimming procedure.
This is the nicest I’ve ever seen an interviewer be to a teen actor
Dude 🤢
Down to earth person…rare nowdays
Jesus. She looks 18.
If that life is a dream come true, her nightmares must be absolutely terrifying
Class act❤
I saw her in home alone… I knew it… She gonna be so popular
hes a producer and he thinks im pretty.o'kay
Che bella ❤
I’m scared of her