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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 the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
DAKOTA FANNING

Beach Girl Hats
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Hard Mom School Work
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 FANNING

Believe Fire Men
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Giving Names People
Don’t touch your brows. I’ve never done anything to my eyebrows.
DAKOTA FANNING

Brows Done Eyebrows
The gunshot holds no fear!
DAKOTA FANNING

Fear Gunshot No
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 was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it’s always been something we have in common.
DAKOTA FANNING

College Fashion Mom
My job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.
DAKOTA FANNING

Jobs Mind Thought
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Character Eye Play
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

About Care Lose Someone Something
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Appreciating Connection Knowing
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Reason Television Watches
Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters.
DAKOTA FANNING

Daughter Love Mother
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.
DAKOTA FANNING

Communication Energy Eye

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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