Dakota Fanning Opens Up About The Realities Of Growing Up As a Child Actor

Dakota Fanning keeps it cool in this shot from the new issue of PorterEdit.

The 25-year-old actress opened up in the issue about growing up as a child star and into adulthood.

“The difficult part about starting so young, which I’ve totally come to accept, is that when you grow up and become a woman, people think you’re younger,” Dakota shared with the glossy.

She continues, “The other day, my mom, my sister [Elle] and I were in Las Vegas for my sister’s 21st birthday and somebody said, ‘Are you Dakota Fanning? You’re that child?’ It is what it is.”

“It never really bothered me. But I can see how it could make you run in the opposite direction and grow up too quick and not make the best decisions because you’re trying to run away from people telling you that you’re still little.”

Dakota also shared how she’s using social media to show people her true self: “I’ve recently wanted to share a little bit more of who I am, because I was feeling frustrated by people thinking they knew who I was.”

“Instagram became a fun way of sharing. But it has to be authentic. I want to keep the things that I put on there real.”

Read more from Dakota on PorterEdit.com.