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.
DAKOTA FANNINGEvery 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.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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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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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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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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I’m the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
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It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.
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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’ve been a ballerina since I was two, but I’ve always wanted to be an actress.
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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 friends are the friends I’ve had forever, that’s kept me very sane.
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Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters.
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The gunshot holds no fear!
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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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People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. The one thing that I do know is, it doesn’t matter what any one of them tell you — nobody wants to be alone.
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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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