Actress Dakota Fanning is reevaluating her priorities. She is looking towards a role as a mother and putting her acting career on the backburner.
Fanning spoke with Porter how she has set up her career to allow her to leave and start a family when she pleases.
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“Being an actor is a huge part of my identity. I don’t really know who I am without it,” she began.
“But I also have a desire to set up my life and career so that I always have a choice,” Fanning added.
“Having kids is probably more important to me than anything, even being an actor. If somebody said I had to choose, I would choose having kids. I’m one of those people who has always felt that pull.”
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Fanning isn’t yet sure when she wants to start a family, or if she will step back from work, but for now, she is using it as an opportunity to be bold.
“I’m trying to push myself to keep saying yes to things that make me uncomfortable, to keep going to places for long periods of time that maybe I’m scared to do because – God willing – one day, it won’t be as easy.”
“I still have these check-ins with myself to make sure I’m enjoying it,” she says of her career. “If you can still find the light in moments that are tough, then you’re still enjoying it!”
Her sister and fellow actress, Elle, took to social media to share a touching message to her sister in honour of her 30th birthday.
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“Dirty flirty quirky and purdy. My Cody is thirty! The obligatory birthday post is here and it is a particularly special one. Anyone who knows Dakota knows she has dreamt of turning 30 since she was a teenager,” it began.
“February 23, 1994 the world got brighter and more beautiful. I could sit and listen to you talk for hours, in fact that is my favourite place to be…absorbing your advice, your fascinating view of the world (things you ARE and AREN’T “interested” in) I have always felt safest with you by my side. She is the epitome of what a big sister should be.”
The post concluded, “She’s absolutely nuts😂but will fight for her friends till the bitter end. I love you I love you I love you Cody.”
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