Scarlett quote: On being responsible

“I’m very responsible when I’m working. I’ve just been doing it for a long time, and I’m not the kind of person who is going to show up to work three hours late, or maybe not come at all. That’s just not who I am.
That just has to do with the fact that I understand that everybody else comes to work, and we would all like to get an extra four hours of sleep, but what can you do?”…“But [outside of work] I don’t really have any responsibility right now. It’s not like I have kids.
I’m not raising a younger sibling. I’m not supporting anybody financially. But at the same time, I can take care of myself. My mother may disagree. Of course, moms always do: [imitates her mother] “My baby, you’re just a child….”


As told to Parade’s contributing editor James Kaplan released March 2007. She might have been hinting at Lindsay Lohan, who used to be her friend.

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