Dakota Fanning is opening up about the inappropriate questions she faced as a child star growing up in Hollywood. 'The Perfect Couple' actress, who made her television acting debut in 2000 at six years old, spoke to The Cut in a cover story discussing some of the more bizarre aspects of growing up in the spotlight and some strange interactions she encountered when she was younger.
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00:00Dakota Fanning is opening up about the inappropriate questions she faced as a child star growing
00:05up in Hollywood.
00:07The Perfect Couple actress, who made her television acting debut in 2000 at just 6 years old,
00:13spoke to The Cut in a cover story discussing some of the more bizarre aspects of growing
00:17up in the spotlight and some strange interactions she encountered when she was younger.
00:22In interviews at a young age, I remember journalists asking me,
00:25Fanning added that she also has a lot of compassion for people who have been made into
00:39examples in young Hollywood, saying the tabloid phenomenon was also to blame.
00:43If society and the media hadn't played their part, who knows?
00:46I don't think that it's necessarily connected 100% to being in this business.
00:51There are other factors, too.
00:52I just didn't fall into it, and I don't know the exact reasons, except that my family is
00:56comprised of very nice, kind, protective people.
00:59The Twilight alum also credits her mother, Hannah Joy Arrington, for teaching her how
01:03to treat other people and also how to treat myself.
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