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 FANNINGSometimes 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.
More Dakota Fanning Quotes
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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.
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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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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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I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That’s how much I love Hello Kitty.
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It’s hard to remember when you look at a magazine or when you look at pictures of people, and you forget that those people are people like you. They have flaws and insecurities. That’s so easy to forget, even for me, as somebody who’s sometimes in those magazines.
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My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.
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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 feel very lucky to have been able to travel and see different parts of the world.
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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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The gunshot holds no fear!
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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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You have to stay true to your true friends and your family.
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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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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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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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