Scarlett says goodbye to Hollywood

Scarlett Johansson has decided that life in LA just isn't for her.

11:04 04 November 2004

Acclaimed young actress Scarlett Johansson has decided that life in Los Angeles just isn't for her.

The star of Lost in Translation and Girl With a Pearl Earring says that it's too hard to make friends in Tinsel Town and is looking to move.

Johansson relocated from her native New York to the West Coast earlier this year to further her burgeoning career.

"There's so much emphasis on what's happening next, on who people can meet to better themselves," the actress said. "I'm not used to that."

Still only 20, she is one of Hollywood's hottest properties and is about to start filming Mission: Impossible III with megastar Tom Cruise.

Next year fans will also be able to see Johansson in The Black Dahlia, a serial killer movie based on James Ellroy's novel of the same name.