"I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship."

"As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments."

"I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to."

"I'm kind of a self-aware and confident person."

"Each role that I've played has had a piece of a dream role in it."

"I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot."

"There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see."

"I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!"

"If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery."

"When I'm working, even though it's sometimes challenging and difficult, there's still no place I would rather be."

"I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff."

"Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They're focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone."

"Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel."

"I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it."

"I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special."

"I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable."

"Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same."

"Being a known person is pretty much all I've known. I don't remember much of a time when people didn't know who I was."

"I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend."

"My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature."

"I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know."

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

"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."

"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 was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common."

"I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10."

"I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else."

"I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds."

"I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts."

"Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me."

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

"I'm home schooled, and I have a teacher that goes with me on all my movies."

"In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take."

"Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters."

"ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked."

"I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress."

"I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth."

"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 never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."

"One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life."

"I learned to read at two. I was in a Montessori school and they teach you to read really, really young."

"When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters."

"I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs."

"I think my generation is obsessed with instant gratification. We want everything now, now, now."

"It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been something that people have always talked about."

"I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty."

"It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time."

"Often, when you're on a movie set, you're miserable. It's cold. You're hungry. You're tired. It's still dark out. And yet, there's no place I'd rather be. It's the happiest I am, and the most calm."

"There's a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen."