Johansson, who has been active in campaigning for various Democratic political leaders, including Barack Obama, tells Biskind that nearly one term later “we’re all guilty of being idealistic, I and everyone who voted for him.” But in response to being asked if she would work for him again, she says, “It would be irresponsible not to.” She also discusses her friendship with Woody Allen, spawned by their shared tendency toward hypochondria and, subsequently, shared Purell. “He shakes a lot of hands,” Johansson explains. “I’ll squirt some in my hand and then squirt in his.” She also has a bizarre penchant for diagnosing him. “The only reason why Woody and I are still friends is because I’ve diagnosed all kinds of his skin tags, lesions, ailments. I’ve prescribed things for Woody that he’s then asked his doctor to prescribe for him.
Like we said, there are no apologies here—but Scarlett does have something to say about the steamy images that hit the web after a d-bag hacker stole them from her phone.
"They were sent to my husband,” she said of the photos. "There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not like I was shooting a porno... although there’s nothing wrong with that either."
Attagirl, Scarlett. (And if any of you ever find yourselves in the midst of a naked-photo scandal, may we suggest shrugging it off with similar panache? Because WOW.) But while she's fairly unfazed by the violation of her privacy, it does seem like the experience of being exposed was a last-straw moment for the actress, who now admits to thinking about spending the rest of her career somewhere other than right in the spotlight.
"I would like to direct," she said. "I’d be happy to work behind the camera, forever.”
And indeed, behind the camera may be the only safe place for a star to maintain some semblance of a private life—something Scarlett expresses all too poignantly: “There’s no such thing as an aura of mystery anymore. It doesn’t exist. That’s a thing of the past.”
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