Article: AT 20, VERSATILE ACTRESS FACES CAREER CHOICES; SCARLETT JOHANSSON IS UNSURE WHETHER TO BE QUEEN OF THE BOX OFFICE OR THE ART HOUSE.(CNY)

Byline: Stephen Whitty Newhouse News Service

Scarlett Johansson is just 20, but that's easy to forget.

Few 20-year-olds have the depth of experience she has.

"She was 19 when I hired her," jokes Michael Bay, the director of her new film, "The Island," "and she'd already done, like, 36 films."

Few 20-year-olds are working on their second Woody Allen project, or are set to star in a Brian De Palma picture, or have titles like "Lost in Translation," "Girl With a Pearl Earring," "Ghost World" or "The Man Who Wasn't There" among their credits.

And yet, like a lot of 20-year-olds, Scarlett Johansson is in transition, and like all ...

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