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
My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it’s Hannah Dakota Fanning. – Dakota Fanning
I know how to hit a mark without looking. I instinctively know where my eye line should be. That’s all 100%. But your character and the story are always different, so the emotional part is not muscle memory. You’re still surprised by stuff and get the adrenaline. – Dakota Fanning
Often, when you’re on a movie set, you’re miserable. It’s cold. You’re hungry. You’re tired. It’s still dark out. And yet, there’s no place I’d rather be. It’s the happiest I am, and the most calm. – Dakota Fanning
The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings. – Dakota Fanning
I learned to read at two. I was in a Montessori school and they teach you to read really, really young. – Dakota Fanning
I don’t know whether it’s audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don’t think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable. – Dakota Fanning
Being a known person is pretty much all I’ve known. I don’t remember much of a time when people didn’t know who I was. – Dakota Fanning
That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I’ve ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me. – Dakota Fanning
I think my generation is obsessed with instant gratification. We want everything now, now, now. – Dakota Fanning
I’m the girl that’s on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body’s covered in the shade, and I tan my legs. – Dakota Fanning
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
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
I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff. – Dakota Fanning
I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I’d be Beyonce in two seconds. – Dakota Fanning
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. – Dakota Fanning
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
Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They’re focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone. – Dakota Fanning
I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don’t even know how I do it. – Dakota Fanning
