I feel very lucky to have been able to travel and see different parts of the world.
DAKOTA FANNINGI’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.
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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My friends are the friends I’ve had forever, that’s kept me very sane.
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Dear God, I do not ask for health or wealth. People ask you so often that you can’t have any left. Give me, God, what else you have. Give me what no-one else asks for. Amen.
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My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that’s why I’ve been seen as mature.
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The gunshot holds no fear!
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it’s all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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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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My job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.
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My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain.
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Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I don’t think of it as work. It’s really fun for me.
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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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You have to stay true to your true friends and your family.
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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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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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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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