Scarlett Johansson

"I campaigned for [Barack] Obama for more than a year. I was in Iowa, Minnesota, California, Arizona - just traveling around to help get the word out. It was such a huge, spirited campaign, and so positive. But you travel around to cities in the U.S. now and there's just this hopelessness that has set in. It makes it hard to understand why it seems so impossible to make any kind of progressive change with an administration that is seemingly progressive, or why we keep encountering such political roadblocks to change."

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Source: Interview with Arianna Huffington, November 22, 2011.

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

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Scarlett Johansson is an acclaimed actress known for her diverse roles and exploration of identity in films like 'Lost in Translation' and 'Marriage Story'.

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