I Like Jodie Foster And Then Meryl

I Was 13 And A Teenager, As Well. When You're That Age, You Want To Be An Adult, In A Way, But You Don't Want To Have The Responsibilities Of An Adult. You Still Want To Have The Freedom.

I Feel Like With Every Character, You Try To Put Yourself In That Person's Position And Just Completely Use Your Imagination. That's What I Do, At Least. Everything Is Just Pretend.

I Mean, It's Amazing That I Get To Meet All These People. I've Learned So Much From All Of Them. I Just Worked With Sofia Coppola And That Was Amazing. I Learned So Much From Her. I Can't Even Describe How Much Fun I Had.

After 'somewhere' Came Out, People Started To Recognize Me More. Whenever I Was Walking Down The Street, They'd Be Like, 'oh, Wow - Are You Elle Fanning?' Before 'somewhere,' They Asked Me If I Was Dakota Fanning, Because We Looked Alike, And I'd Say, 'no, I'm Her Younger Sister.

Acting Is Different From Dance. The Black-and-whiteness Of Dancing Is Mostly About The Technical Form - Like, This Is How People Have Been Doing It For Millions Of Years. You Can't Let Down Those Ballerinas Who Died A Long Time Ago. My Teacher Will Say, "this Person Would Be Ashamed!" And It's Like, Oh God. But With Acting, It's Different Because People Like Something Fresh. You Can Mix It Up And Create Your Own Thing And It's Not Necessarily Wrong.