Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that’s the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not like you at all.
DAKOTA FANNINGI’ve been a ballerina since I was two, but I’ve always wanted to be an actress.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you’d never do in real life.
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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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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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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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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’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.
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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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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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I love the feeling I get when I’m on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.
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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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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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Just for that alone, you’re kind of inherently given opportunity. That’s something that I’m very grateful for, but I’m also very aware of.
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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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It’s something that’s always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes – it’s been something that people have always talked about.
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My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.
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