All Her Fault Star Dakota Fanning On Growing Up in Hollywood, Approach To Career: Ultimately Acting Is Make-Believe

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Her Fault's Dakota Fanning is settling into adult roles as she enters her 30s. The actress has grown up in Hollywood since her first role at age seven with I Am Sam (2001). Recently, Fanning spoke about how not much has changed in the way she approaches acting and her career. She also revealed that she is very grateful for the work she did as a child actor.

Dakota Fanning on her approach to acting and career

At a press conference for All Her Fault, Fanning revealed that in her two-decade career, her approach to work has not been altered over time. She shared, "I don't think that it has. No, because I do think that ultimately, acting is make believe. It's playing pretend. When you're young, that's how you approach it, obviously, because that's what you can connect and relate to it, that you're playing pretend and playing make-believe. I think I kind of approach it the same way. Inherently, you're just thinking about what any given situation would feel like to a person and trying to show that. I don't think, at its core, it has changed that much. I think I still approach it with that childlike innocence and play."

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The Perfect Couple actress also stated that fans are slowly beginning to view her as an adult now, but she does not discount her work as a child actor. Fanning added, "I think when people watch you grow up and go through different stages, everyone has a different version of you in their mind. What feels grown-up to someone else may not feel grown-up to someone. It's just all over the place. I feel like now, I'm back at neutral."ALSO READ: Dakota Fanning Shares Why Working With Younger Sister Elle For The Nightingale Will Be 'Special': Last Thing That We... "I love talking about all the things from when I'm younger. I don't get sick of it. I'm so grateful for it. I love it, and it's a part of my story, and I wouldn't be here without it. Uptown Girls especially; people who were in their twenties or early thirties are like, 'Oh, my favorite movie when I was little.' Now they're reaching a certain point in their adulthood and revisiting it, so it's fun," she concluded.Peacock's All Her Fault, starring Sarah Snook, Jack Lacy, and Michael Pena, is now streaming on JioHotstar. Fanning plays Jenny Kaminski, a young mother who is trying to balance parenthood and work, with little help from her husband.