Scarlett Johansson took a break from verbally fellating Anthony Hopkins-or-Alfred Hitchcock to speak to the UK’s Independent newspaper for a minute about—wait for it, wait for it—how being sexy in Hollywood has so many downfalls and it’s hard to be taken seriously when you’re just so gol-darn purty-lookin’ and everything, and guys, I think, after reading this interview, that we’ve found an untapped source of pure gentility and modesty here in darling Scarlett. She’s right up there with Megan Fox, and Megan Fox, after all, is practically the pinnacle of self-awareness and righteousness, so Scarlett must be pretty darn excited to be ranked so highly among her peers.

For example! Scarlett on being a sex symbol:

I never wanted to be a sex symbol, I wanted to be a character actor. Those are the actors I mostly admire. I think women that are curvy can be pigeonholed in that bombshell thing. It’s not like I actively look for sexy roles. It’s not a requirement that my character be pretty and delicate. I never think about my character being sexy, unless that’s written in.

And on trying to maintain anonymity despite her fame:

It’s weird to be a recognisable face. I’m not traumatised [by it] but I find it can bring out the worst in humanity sometimes. I’m constantly surprised by how rude people are. You’ll be having an intimate dinner with a friend and there’s somebody on the table behind with a cameraphone pointing at your face. I think, “I would never take a photo of someone without asking.”

On living a “normal” life, despite detrimental physical handicaps like hotness and charm:

When I was younger, my mum made sure I had a relatively normal life I went to school, I had neighbourhood friends, I went to camp. That kind of thing. Also, it was different back then. Recently, the media is unhealthily obsessed with very young actors. They’re very critical of them. … I think I have a little bit of my father’s Danish sense of humour. He has a very dry wit. Being half-Danish, we regularly celebrated Danish culture growing up. We’d have a Danish Christmas. My mother is Jewish but we celebrated the holiday, more as a celebration of Danish culture than anything else. We always went to the Danish Seamen’s Church [in New York] and all kinds of festivals.

On those nosy, nosy people who call themselves—pfft—fans:

I don’t answer any questions about my private life. I’m not a politician or anything like that, so I shouldn’t have to reveal that. I mean, people have enough. They pry so much that some things need to be personal. I feel no pressure. I just feel pressure to show up to work on time. I don’t feel like I have to be a certain way.

And finally, on rumors that Scarlett was initially tapped to play Marilyn Monroe in the recent My Week With Marilyn:

I never wanted to play Marilyn Monroe. I don’t know. It’s just a job – I didn’t have the passion for that. I love Marilyn Monroe. She’s a very underrated actor but it just seemed exhausting in a way that I couldn’t wrap my head around.

Oh, the trials and tribulations of being a celebrated actress with an enviable figure and “record deal.” Life truly is a bitch sometimes, isn’t it, guys?

Here at Evil Beet, we can talk about some pretty serious topics. Sometimes we have to tell you about a celebrity’s death, and sometimes we have to tell you about a celebrity’s legal trouble. Sometimes we discuss politics, and sometimes we discuss hot topics and controversial figures in the media. And sometimes we talk about how Scarlett Johansson is addicted to buffalo wings.

Can you guess what we’re going to be discussing today?

Scarlett Johansson was picture perfect in her form-fitting black Versace dress at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Avengers.”

However, the butt-kicking super hero insisted that it’s only a matter of time before she packs on the pounds.

“Oh my good [I am obsessed] with buffalo chicken wings, I am addicted to them,” Johansson told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “You will have to roll me down the red carpet next time you see me.”

Johansson’s new-found food of choice comes on the heels of the super strict diet and workout regime she followed to be able to slip into a skin-tight “Black Widow” suit for the highly anticipated Marvel Comics blockbuster.

“You have to eat a really clean diet, a lot of kale and salmon. Basically you get all your nutrients and then training like crazy,” she explained. “The training is crazy, but you just suck it up and do it. There is a lot of strength training and agility training, and fight choreography. You go in, and you just do it.”

So the result of all that blood, sweat and tears?

“It was absolute nonstop action, it was intense and just a rollercoaster of fights, stunts and explosions,” she said. “Then of course you have all these characters that do not belong together, and we are in the same room, and try to fight it out between us.”

And for the record, even as Johansson walked away, we heard her chatting about those tasty buffalo wings.

“I can’t stop eating them,” she whispered to her publicist. “I just can’t get enough.”

That very last bit is the best, most endearing thing I’ve ever heard about Scarlett Johansson. I went through a phase where everything she said and did irritated the hell out of me, and I’m sure I’ll go through that phase again one day, but right now, she gets a pass. A pass to eat all the buffalo wings she wants so she can keep living the dream.

But hey, can we talk about buffalo wings for a minute? Because I don’t get the appeal, but I know some people, like Scarlett here, go crazy for them. I guess I just can’t get behind gnawing meat off a bone when I could just order a chicken breast, pull out a knife and a fork, and be done with it. It just seems like too much effort without any payoff at all, besides a tiny little bit of meat and sauce all over your face. So where does the obsession come from? Is the taste just phenomenal? Is it fun to have so many flavors to choose from? Is it fun to tear meat off a bone with your teeth? Is it the buffalo wing culture? What is it?

All right, who else went through a phase during those haunting preteen years where you were obsessed with the Psycho movies? Anyone? Oh, no one else did that? No one else had a weird, uncomfortable crush on Anthony Perkins that you really couldn’t explain? Oh well, let’s move on then.

Yeah, apparently a movie called Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is being made. Catchy title, right? I bet you’re curious as to what it’s about, huh? Well, it’s about Alfred Hitchcock and the making of the movie Psyscho. It’s based on a book, and it actually sounds like it’ll be pretty good, despite the involvement of Scarlett Johansson.

From Us Weekly:

Scarlett Johansson is ready to play the most iconic naked murder victim ever.

The actress, 27, has signed on to play actress Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, about master director Hitchcock’s horror classic, in which Leigh is memorably butchered in the buff while taking a shower at the Bates Motel.

Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Stephen Rebello, the prestige pic will also star Anthony Hopkins as the auteur himself, and Helen Mirren as Alma Reville, Hitchcock’s wife; British actor James D’Arcy will play Anthony Perkins, who portrayed serial killer Norman Bates.

As suggested by the title, the film centers on Hitchcock’s then-risky decision to make (and finance himself) a seemingly lowbrow horror flick at the height of his legendary career.

The screenplay will be written by John J. McLaughlin, who penned Natalie Portman’s psychological thriller Black Swan, with director Sacha Gervasi at the helm.

I’ll always give Anthony Hopkins a chance, and the same goes for Helen Mirren. And since the movie is about one of my favorite horror movies, of course I’ll see it. But Scarlett Johansson ruins everything she touches, and I don’t want her to ruin this so badly. I don’t want her to be busy mouthing M words or whatever it is she does while she’s supposed to play Janet Leigh getting mindf*cked. I don’t want it at all.

What do you guys think? Are you going to go see this movie? If so, are you as excited about it as I am?

Everybody’s lovable boyfriend Joseph Gordon Levitt is directing a movie! Not only that, but he wrote the movie, too!

Deadline broke the news yesterday afternoon:

The film is a sexy comedy about about a modern-day Don Juan, and his quest to become less of a “selfish dick.” He plays that character, and there is another female lead role that will be filled shortly.

Can we say “triple threat”?

“I wrote myself a helluva role,” Gordon-Levitt went on to say, “one that people wouldn’t necessarily thought of me for.”

Scarlett Johansson has already signed onto the project, as well, which goes a long way in explaining that old ScarJoe Gordon rumor. Of course! They weren’t dating! He was just writing her into a movie script. Aha! (It doesn’t explain why they were making out, though; then again, nothing can explain that one.)

Here is the best part about the Internet, you guys: I didn’t first hear this news from Deadline at all. Rather, I read about it at Joe’s very own Tumblr. I don’t even read newspapers anymore! I just read Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook.

According to Gordon-Levitt’s video diary, the movie will start shooting in April.

(Image via the Guardian.)

Scarlett! What do you have to be afraid of? You’re not a baby, are you? So could possibly scare you, ScarJo?

Oh, birds? You’re terrified of birds? That’s … that’s cool.

“I’m only scared of birds. Something about wings and beaks and the flapping. I’m terrified of them. If they’d asked me [for We Bought a Zoo] to put a bird on my shoulder I would’ve done it, but it would’ve been hard.”

But specifically peacocks?

“I was terrified of them,” she says. “Like, ‘Ahh, don’t get too close.’ They’re like, mean.”

And also cockroaches, huh?

“I cannot stand cockroaches,” she shudders. “That’s one thing I absolutely couldn’t do. But that’s not really an animal, is it? It’s an insect.”

Ok, I can at least understand the aversion to cockroaches, but birds? I never really understood the fear of birds. I’m not going to judge you for it or anything because I’m sure there are things I’m scared of that you wouldn’t understand (like Slipknot, is anyone else scared of Slipknot?), but I just don’t get it. And since ScarJo’s been crossing the line here recently, she gets a strong rolling of the eyes for this.

What are you guys most afraid of?

I used to have no real opinion on Scarlett Johansson, but lately she’s just been getting on my nerves. It wasn’t anything too intense, but I think that this is the moment where I start strongly disliking Scarlett Johansson. You want to know why?

This is what she said when asked how she felt about her little nickname, ScarJo:

“Oh, it’s awful. It’s a laziness. People can’t actually say the whole name? It’s just bizarre. How come Daniel Day-Lewis isn’t subjected to like, ‘DaDay’? So Cate Blanchett is not, like, ‘CaBla’? Why is that? Why do I have to get stuck?”

Oh girl, no. No you didn’t. First off, it’s not lazy, it makes sense. Try fitting “Scarlett Johansson” on the cover of a tabloid. Try being someone who isn’t you or someone in your family – do you know how long it took me to figure out how many n’s and how many s’s were in your name? It’s a nickname, Scarlett, and you can ask my friend who in 7th grade decided that she wanted us to call her Bubbles: you can’t pick a nickname.

Also, you did not just compare yourself to Daniel Day-Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Please tell me you did not just do that. Take your ass back to the Avengers or make another shitty album of covers and leave the professionals out of this.

How are you guys feeling about ScarJo these days?