--- description: The actress feels pressure "as her thirties approach" title: Scarlett Johansson Knows That Having It All Is Unrealistic image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6003c2eb61e73b82/698686fc35ba6f9366c0126b/480306375.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Scarlett Johansson On Motherhood and Having It All  by [Kelly Conniff](/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 24, 2014 9:46 PM CUT  BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 24: (CHINA OUT) Actress Scarlett Johansson attends "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" premiere at Taikoo Li Sanlitun on March 24, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 24: (CHINA OUT) Actress Scarlett Johansson attends "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" premiere at Taikoo Li Sanlitun on March 24, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)ChinaFotoPress—ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images  by [Kelly Conniff](/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 24, 2014 9:46 PM CUT Another high-profile female has shared her thoughts on the ever-popular work/life debate popularized by Anne-Marie Slaughter’s landmark “[Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” piece](http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/ "undefined"). This time it’s actress Scarlett Johansson, who mused on life, love, work and family in the newest issue of [WSJ Magazine](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304250204579433281296789084 "undefined"). The 29-year-old star been making the publicity rounds, thanks to roles in the big-budget caper _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ and _Under the Skin,_ a creepy indie that just might be the polar opposite of a superhero flick (ScarJo plays an alien). In the interview, Johansson shares news of her engagement to advertising firm creative director Romain Dauriac, as well as kinda sorta confirms what we already knew: [she’s expecting](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/03/scarlett-johansson-is-pregnant/ "undefined"). She muses on the topic while attempting to reconcile the idea of career with family: --- > “” --- She continues, acknowledging the unfairness that comes along with being female: --- > “” --- Even so, this latest article is less controversial than other recent interviews, in which Johansson talked about working with [Woody Allen](http://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/ "undefined") and the [SodaStream](http://time.com/27004/scarlett-johansson-soda-stream-oxfam/ "undefined") ad that cost her a role as an Oxfam ambassador. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/36067/scarlett-johansson-knows-that-having-it-all-is-unrealistic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36067/scarlett-johansson-knows-that-having-it-all-is-unrealistic/"},"headline":"Scarlett Johansson On Motherhood and Having It All","datePublished":"2014-03-24T21:46:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:16.500Z","description":"The actress feels pressure \"as her thirties approach\"","url":"https://time.com/36067/scarlett-johansson-knows-that-having-it-all-is-unrealistic/","keywords":["Living","Family","relationships","Scarlett Johansson","celebrity","Captain America: The Winter Soldier"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6003c2eb61e73b82/698686fc35ba6f9366c0126b/480306375.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelly Conniff","jobTitle":"Conniff is deputy editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6003c2eb61e73b82/698686fc35ba6f9366c0126b/480306375.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\" Beijing Premiere","caption":"\"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\" Beijing Premiere","creditText":"ChinaFotoPress—ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/36067/scarlett-johansson-knows-that-having-it-all-is-unrealistic/","name":"Scarlett Johansson On Motherhood and Having It All"}}]}] ```