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.

When you're acting you put so much of yourself into working. As much fun as it is, it's still hard work and it's still a challenge.

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.

You know in cartoons, the way someone can run off a cliff and they're fine, they don't fall down until they look down? My mom always said that was the secret of life. Never look down. But it's more than that. It's not just about looking. It's about never realizing that you're in the middle of the air and you don't know how to fly.

I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it.

My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.

My friends are the friends I've had forever, that's kept me very sane.