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.
DAKOTA FANNINGI’m the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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You have to stay true to your true friends and your family.
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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’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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People 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.
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I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it’s always been something we have in common.
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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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My friends are the friends I’ve had forever, that’s kept me very sane.
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I feel very lucky to have been able to travel and see different parts of the world.
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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 favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.
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It’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.
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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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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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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 job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.
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