My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.

My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.

[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.

I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.

My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.