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"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."
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"My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down."
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"My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning."
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"My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover."
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"I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together."
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"I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job."
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"I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end."
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"Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad."
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"We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I didn't know what to think cuz we were just joking around."
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"I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must have heard them quite a bit, but it never registered, really. Now I listen to them with new ears."
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"My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that."
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"The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up."
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"On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it."
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"Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat."
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"Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger."
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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."
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"A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment."
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"I want to come across as a positive person."
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"You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut."
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"I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely."
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"I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your parents - but first you have to know them."
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