{"id":2211773,"date":"2024-04-02T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dakota-fanning-says-having-children-is-more-important-than-acting-always-felt-that-pull\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:03:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:03:37","slug":"dakota-fanning-says-having-children-is-more-important-than-acting-always-felt-that-pull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dakota-fanning-says-having-children-is-more-important-than-acting-always-felt-that-pull\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakota Fanning emphasizes the importance of having children over acting, stating she has always felt drawn to motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdakota-fanning-says-having-children-is-more-important-than-acting-always-felt-that-pull%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former child star Dakota Fanning \u2062prioritizes motherhood over her acting career, expressing that \u200bhaving\u2062 children is more important to her. In an interview with Porter, she shared her \u200ddeep-rooted desire for a\u2064 family, stating that if \u200dshe had to choose between acting \u2064and \u2063motherhood, she would opt for\u2063 the latter. Fanning also mentioned \u200cshe is currently \u2063focused on personal growth and taking risks. Dakota Fanning, \u2062a former child\u2062 star, revealed in \u200can interview with\u2062 Porter that she values motherhood over her acting career. She expressed a strong desire for a family,\u200b emphasizing that she would choose\u2062 having children over \u2062acting if she had to \u200cdecide. Fanning is currently concentrating\u200c on personal development and embracing new challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former child star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\">Dakota Fanning<\/a> said becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/motherhood\">mom<\/a> is even more important than her career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 30-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">actress<\/a> shared her thoughts during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/en-us\/porter\/article-62d4c3ebcc8398f9\">Porter<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBeing an actor is a huge part of my identity. I don\u2019t really know who I am without it,\u201d Fanning told the outlet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut I also have a desire to set up my life and career so that I always have a choice,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving 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\u2019m one of those people who has always felt that pull.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\u201d star said she\u2019s not sure when she\u2019ll start a family and explained that for now, she\u2019s just enjoying life and risk-taking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m 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\u2019m scared to do because \u2014 God willing \u2014 one day, it won\u2019t be as easy,\u201d Fanning explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The actress got her big break playing Lucy Dawson in the critically acclaimed 2001 drama \u201cI Am Sam.\u201d That role earned Fanning a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of 8, making her the youngest nominee in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This led to Fanning getting more roles, including working as a child actress in \u201cUptown Girls\u201d (2003), \u201cThe Cat in the Hat\u201d (2003), \u201cMan on Fire\u201d (2004), \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d (2005), \u201cDreamer\u201d (2005), \u201cHide and Seek\u201d (2005), \u201cCharlotte\u2019s Web\u201d (2006), \u201cPush\u201d (2009), and \u201cCoraline\u201d (2009).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1711847459151000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3OccKYAVbZP-9J-sgruazM\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As she got older, the actress started working on more independent film projects. She most recently appeared in \u201cThe Equalizer 3\u201d (2023). Her younger sister is actress Elle Fanning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the same interview, Fanning said she believes she\u2019d have \u201csuch a different experience\u201d as a child actor in modern times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI hate to reduce it to social media, but that\u2019s the biggest societal difference \u2013 and I think we\u2019re still figuring out how to use it in the right way,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI\u2019m grateful I didn\u2019t have to contend with that; there was already enough going on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__reaction_bar c-reaction_bar c-reaction_bar--collapsed\" role=\"group\" data-qa=\"reaction_bar\" aria-label=\"Reactions\" data-stringify-ignore=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dakota Fanning, the former child star, expressed that becoming a mother is a priority over her career. In an interview with Porter, the 30-year-old actress revealed, &#8220;Acting is a significant part of my identity. I struggle to define myself without it. Yet, the desire to have children surpasses all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2211774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Dakota-Fanning-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Dakota-Fanning-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}