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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’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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Proud Special Tribes
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Heart Lonely Mean
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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Alone Anybody Different Reason Tell
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
My job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.
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Jobs Mind Thought
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 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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Believe Fire Men
I played the young Reese Witherspoon in ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.
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Boys Home Sweet
It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.
DAKOTA FANNING

Craziness Easy Insecurity
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Light Long Mean
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
I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That’s how much I love Hello Kitty.
DAKOTA FANNING

Hello Kitty Thinking
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Acting Fun Thinking
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Crazy Opportunity Years
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Able Day Next One
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 FANNING

Grandparent Player Tennis

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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