My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that’s why I’ve been seen as mature.
DAKOTA FANNINGI’m very proud to be a woman – you’re part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That’s really special.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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I’ve been a ballerina since I was two, but I’ve always wanted to be an actress.
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I’ve been able to go so many places. I had the opportunity to go to Hong Kong when I was thirteen years old which is crazy. I lived there for three months. It was amazing. I couldn’t ask for a more enriched life so far.
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I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That’s how much I love Hello Kitty.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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The gunshot holds no fear!
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it’s Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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Every day, we communicate more with our energy, body language, face and eyes. That really is what communication is, and not so much words. And it’s rare that you get to explore that in a film.
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I’m always able to find light moments on any set, no matter what. Just because a scene is heavy doesn’t mean that you have to be heavy, all day long. I was working with people who had a sense of humor and wanted to have those light moments with me.
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My friends are the friends I’ve had forever, that’s kept me very sane.
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I’m the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
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With all of the characters I’ve played, I feel like I’ve tried to communicate through my eyes and face, as much or more than with words. That’s something that I like to watch in films, and something that I like to bring to the characters that I play.
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You have to be totally one hundred per cent committed to act. I do value everyone else’s advice, but ultimately I have to listen to myself.
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My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.
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The world is made up of the big things and the small ones. And the part that’s so unfair is that we call them ‘big’ and ‘small’ because when something happens to you.
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I learned to read at two. I was in a Montessori school and they teach you to read really, really young.
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