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.

Is every moment of our lives built into us before we're born? If it is, does it make us less responsible for the things we do, or is the responsibility built in too?

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

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.

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

I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college.

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