Some of Elle Fanning’s best quotes so far.

ABOUT BEAUTY:

• Everyone should love themselves, should think that they’re beautiful.
• Beauty is a complex theme, for sure. We all have a different concept and opinion regarding it, but we all like to look at things that are aesthetically pleasing. I had the typical high school experience, where you question what is beauty, and you’re comparing yourself to others, it was just part of growing up.
• If I asked you, “Do you think you’re beautiful?” everyone should say yes.
• For my own style, I love vintage. 60’s and 70’s are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that – maybe I’ll wear it with boots.
• I’d much rather dress like a 5 year old than a 21 year old. I’d much rather wear a puffy sleeved shirt than some low-cut top.
• I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what. I was like, My big sister is asking me?
• I love all vintage-everything, really. I love fashion. I’ve always loved it. And the fifties, I’ve always loved.

ABOUT MOVIES:

• I feel like with every character, you try to put yourself in that person’s position and just completely use your imagination. That’s what I do, at least. Everything is just pretend.
• I can’t really remember my life without movies… [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I’m trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do.
• I get a lot of butterflies at auditions because I get so scared. It’s scary because you’ve never met the people before. You have to meet them, and you have to hurry up and get to know them in five seconds. And then, you have to spill your emotions out to these strangers. It’s funny.
• In a funny way, acting, to me, is all make-believe, even if the film has unicorns in it or is a normal movie that can be set in real-life time. I’m still imagining that I’m a different character, so it’s all, in a funny way, like fantasy.
• I’m a normal kid, really. I just love to act.
• I think as an artist that’s the best thing you can have – a personal stamp on something.
• I would love to work with my sister in a movie one day – like play sisters or something like that, because we’ve never been on-screen at the same time together.