I think that when you’re in the public eye, you automatically become a role model, because people are reading about you and looking at pictures of stuff you’ve done. But, you know, no one’s perfect, everyone makes mistakes. I have made mistakes and I will make mistakes. I’m only human.

When everything in your life is right on track, it's easy to believe that things happen for a reason. It's easy to have faith. But when things start to go wrong, then it's very hard to hold on to that faith. It's hard not to wonder who's reasons these things are happening for.

You can't lose yourself.

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

If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.

I always talk about my characters like they're real people.

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