[At 11, Fanning has been a professional actress for more than five years. She says that her mom first recognized her talent and took her out to Hollywood.] In Georgia where I'm from, I used to play around the house, pretending to be different things. My mom saw that and took me to this playhouse where you stage a play and you play at the end of the week? ... Then I got two commercials in two weeks, so I went to California for pilot season and we never looked back.