"I'm home schooled, and I have a teacher that goes with me on all my movies." — 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.

I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to.

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.

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.

My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.

When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, 'Hi! How are you?' And I'm like, 'Oh, hi!' And then I realize, 'Oh, no, they just think they know me because they watched me in a movie.' Which is cool, but definitely not a normal thing.

One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.

There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see.

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I'm home schooled, and I have a teacher that goes with me on all my movies.