I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded.
Dakota FanningMy advice would be to go with the "love who you are, embrace yourself" vibe that's happening right now.
Dakota FanningI do feel very American. I think it's something I'm proud of and proud to be by chance born here. Honestly, that's something I think about.
Dakota FanningI remember when I was very little my idol was Britney Spears. I had just come to California and that's just who I wanted to meet. So I was in a store and she walked in and my jaw just fell to the floor. I started like sweating. I could not believe that I was meeting her. She told me that I was very cute. And I lost it — I was so excited.
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.
Dakota FanningDoing the movies and meeting the people, and I like the stories of the movies. I like names a lot, too. When I do an audition, there is a script and it has a first page that has the names of all the characters. I'm like, “Let me see that real quick, I wanna see what my name is gonna be.
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