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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.

Dakota Fanning

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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Grandparent Player Tennis
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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Kids Mature Parents
My friends are the friends I’ve had forever, that’s kept me very sane.
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Forever Friends Sane
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Hard Mom School Work
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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Care Loose May Something World Wrong
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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Proud Special Tribes
I’m the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
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Beach Girl Hats
I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That’s how much I love Hello Kitty.
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Hello Kitty Thinking
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.
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Aware Just Opportunity
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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Character Feeling Reading
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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Appreciating Connection Knowing
I’ve been a ballerina since I was two, but I’ve always wanted to be an actress.
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Actresses Ballerina Two
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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Character Opposites Play
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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Daughter Love Mother
People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. Some people have something in their disposition. Maybe they were born too mean, or maybe they were born too tender.
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Heart Lonely Mean
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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Dad Mom Names

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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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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