I'd Like To Be Dakota Fanning When

Now Apparently I'm Told That Every Celebrity Is Expected To Honour The Details Of Their Private Life With A Press Conference, A Fragrance And A Prime-time Reality Show.

In A Weird Way, That's The Beauty Of Being An Actor. You Get To Live Out Things That You're Afraid Of, And You Get To Say, 'well, Maybe I Can Get To The End Of It And Survive It Intact And I Can Be The Hero Of My Own Story.' It's Kind Of A Way Of Exorcising Fear.

There Is Nothing In This World That I Am Prouder Of Than My Ability To Feel, To Survive And, Yes, To Be A Fool For What I Love And Believe In.

The Movies I Made When I Was 14 Or 15, I Have A Hard Time Looking At Those. Those Were The Awkward Years. I Don't Know If Anybody Can Look At Something They Did When They Were 14 And Not Wince.

Well, I Certainly Was Exposed To And Learned To Appreciate The Work Of Great Directors Early On. As A Kid, My Mother Used To Take Me To See Really Interesting Arty Films In Los Angeles.