I’ve been a ballerina since I was two, but I’ve always wanted to be an actress.
DAKOTA FANNINGIt can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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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’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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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 feel very lucky to have been able to travel and see different parts of the world.
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My friends are the friends I’ve had forever, that’s kept me very sane.
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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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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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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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When you loose something or someone that your really care about, that’s all there is. The world may be blowing up around you, but you don’t care about that. You don’t care about that at all.
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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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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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There’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.
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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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I’m the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
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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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