I can only live my life in this way. I don't think I would be living it a different way if I wasn't acting.
Dakota FanningI think that when youโre in the public eye, you automatically become a role model, because people are reading about you and looking at pictures of stuff youโve done. But, you know, no oneโs perfect, everyone makes mistakes. I have made mistakes and I will make mistakes. Iโm only human.
Dakota FanningWith 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 FanningThe 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 FanningMy grandmother was German. She didn't teach any of her children German. She really wanted them to be American. And now, she's since passed away, I get so frustrated sometimes. I'm like, "Oh, Oma, why didn't you teach your kids German?" My dad would have spoken German to me from birth, and I would have spoken German.
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