It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity. Dakota Fanning More Quotes by Dakota Fanning More Quotes From Dakota Fanning I don't like to get things during the year, .. I like to wait for my birthday or Christmas. I may see something that I'll say, 'I'd really like that for my birthday.' I like to have things to look forward to. Dakota Fanning christmas waiting years You can't lose yourself. Dakota Fanning losing-yourself loses I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it. Dakota Fanning tv-shows tvs watches I learned to read at two. I was in a Montessori school and they teach you to read really, really young. Dakota Fanning young two school 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. Dakota Fanning eye reading mistake I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. Dakota Fanning hats girl beach My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain. Dakota Fanning hard-work mom school There's just something you can relate to immediately, even without knowing a woman. It's an inherent thing, an inherent connection. I'm really appreciating it and valuing that. Dakota Fanning connections appreciate knowing I don't really date. 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've always thought that's what it's supposed to be like, and if it's not, then I don't want to waste my time on it. Even when I was 14, I was like, 'I'm not gonna marry this person. What's the point of doing it?' It's not me being naive. I just know what it's supposed to be like, and I think until I feel that, I cannot be bothered. Dakota Fanning parent college thinking People like to examine the things that frighten them, to look at them and give them names, so saints look for god, and scientists look for evidence. They're both just trying to take away from the mystery, to take away from the fear. Dakota Fanning names giving people I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit. Dakota Fanning shoes perfect morning I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know. Dakota Fanning shocking clothes knows Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters. Dakota Fanning daughter mother love-is It's what I love about what I do and the life that I'm able to have and be able to just be so normal one day and be here the next...I feel so lucky to be able to do what I do. Dakota Fanning next able one-day My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning. Dakota Fanning dad mom names Doing 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. Dakota Fanning real names character My weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs. Dakota Fanning legs shade body Because I'm a pale person, I take care of my skin religiously. Dakota Fanning pale care skins Don't touch your brows. I've never done anything to my eyebrows. Dakota Fanning brows eyebrows done You have to stay true to your true friends and your family. Dakota Fanning our-family stay-true true-friend