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.
DAKOTA FANNINGI 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.
DAKOTA FANNINGI’ve been a ballerina since I was two, but I’ve always wanted to be an actress.
DAKOTA FANNINGMy job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.
DAKOTA FANNINGMy favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.
DAKOTA FANNINGI’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.
DAKOTA FANNINGI love the feeling I get when I’m on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.
DAKOTA FANNINGMy 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.
DAKOTA FANNINGPeople like to examine the things that frighten them, to look at them and give them names, so saints look for god, and scientists look for evidence. They’re both just trying to take away from the mystery, to take away from the fear.
DAKOTA FANNINGPeople are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. Some people have something in their disposition. Maybe they were born too mean, or maybe they were born too tender.
DAKOTA FANNINGIt’s what I love about what I do and the life that I’m able to have and be able to just be so normal one day and be here the next…I feel so lucky to be able to do what I do.
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.
DAKOTA FANNINGWith 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.
DAKOTA FANNINGThere’s just something you can relate to immediately, even without knowing a woman. It’s an inherent thing, an inherent connection. I’m really appreciating it and valuing that.
DAKOTA FANNINGDear 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.
DAKOTA FANNINGI think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That’s how much I love Hello Kitty.
DAKOTA FANNINGActing 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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