If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery.
My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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.
It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time.
I think my generation is obsessed with instant gratification. We want everything now, now, now.
I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.
I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.
It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been something that people have always talked about.
Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty.
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.
I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college.
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.
There's a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen.
I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
