Dakota Fanning

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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

I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done. ”

I think you learn something from everybody that you've worked with. I really learned how to behave on set through the people that I worked with, like the importance of being on time and the importance of being professional. I don't bring my cell phone on set; I leave it in my trailer. ”

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

When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, 'Hi! How are you?' And I'm like, 'Oh, hi!' And then I realize, 'Oh, no, they just think they know me because they watched me in a movie.' Which is cool, but definitely not a normal thing. ”