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 FANNINGWhen I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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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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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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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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You have to stay true to your true friends and your family.
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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 job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.
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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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If I see a movie on TV that I’m in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It’s like I’m watching another person.
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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 parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that’s why I’ve been seen as mature.
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Acting 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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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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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.
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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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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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