Quotes from Kirsten Dunst

I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working.

I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy.

You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy. People comment, but the only person who ever told me to fix them was my mom ... I just went my own way, like daughters do.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

I would love to play Marlene Dietrich in a movie. My dad's from Germany and so I feel like that would be a really interesting person to play.

You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.'

New York vintage is too expensive!

It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes.

In high school I had a boyfriend who was super into rap, so I was into Too $hort and Wu-Tang for a little while. And my best friend's older brother would sometimes drive us home in this pimped-out truck, and he'd play all his dirty rap music. We thought we were really cool.

If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.

If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable.

When you're little, you're open to things. It's not like you get into this rehearsed zone when you're a child. At first you play different sides of yourself. And I think it will be really exciting one day to have a character to go into that's not anything like me whatsoever.

I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted.

The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.

I can't wait to have kids one day. I want to have kids and a farm with lots of animals on a lake.

I think everyone wants for their kids the good things that they had.