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"Dakota Fanning has been an actress for more than half her life, but that doesn&amp;apos;t seen unusual to the 18-year-old New York University student.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve never really felt like a child star. That name always felt really odd to me,&amp;quot; Fanning tells the April/May 2012 issue of Wonderland magazine. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve just felt like I was an actor at 6 and 7 and, you know, a child who happened to act. But when you turn 18 you&amp;apos;re seen as able to do more things and more roles.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFanning first gained notoriety with her scene-stealing role in 2001&amp;apos;s I Am Sam, playing Sean Penn&amp;apos;s bright, but sad, little girl.\r\n&amp;quot;For someone who&amp;apos;s that young to feel completely at home being filmed playing someone else, that really means that that&amp;apos;s where you belong,&amp;quot; the actress reflects. &amp;quot;So that&amp;apos;s how I view that film as a whole -- as a moment when I just realized, &amp;apos;I could do this. I could do this forever.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLike her Runaways costar Kristen Stewart, 21, Fanning hopes to keep her private life private -- and that begins with staying away from social media.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I really don&amp;apos;t need to let people know where I am and what I&amp;apos;m doing. I feel like a lot of people want their privacy but yet they tell people where they are,&amp;quot; she tells Wonderland. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just not for me. I don&amp;apos;t have a Facebook or Twitter and I won&amp;apos;t ever. There&amp;apos;s plenty of impostors out there! There&amp;apos;s enough Dakota Fannings on Twitter for all of us!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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