Dakota Johnson Quotes & Sayings

I think about my dwindling anonymity, and that's really scary because a very large part of me would be perfectly happy living on a ranch in Colorado and having babies and chickens and horses - which I will do anyway. — Dakota Johnson

I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes. — Dakota Johnson

I think the sexiest thing is a hat. It's very sexy! — Dakota Johnson

I was always taken in and out of school. — Dakota Johnson

I did a movie where my character was obsessed with Bruce Lee, so I learned everything about Bruce Lee, read everything, watched his movies. — Dakota Johnson

My most favorite thing about London is that nobody recognizes me. It's really ... cool. — Dakota Johnson

When mom and dad were at the height of their careers, and things were super-crazy, and they couldn't leave their houses, there wasn't social media. It was all about autographs. Now, everyone's the press. I feel fame is perforated: it can be glorious, but it can completely destroy a human, too. — Dakota Johnson

My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise. — Dakota Johnson

It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person that I see on the page, and if it resonates with something that I think I can summon in myself. — Dakota Johnson

I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do. — Dakota Johnson

I want my outfit to match my mood. — Dakota Johnson

I hated school. I travelled so much in my early years that I didn't understand the process. I felt suffocated - not like I was some grandiose artist; I just felt like an alien. — Dakota Johnson

I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling. — Dakota Johnson

I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account. — Dakota Johnson

L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore. — Dakota Johnson

I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed. — Dakota Johnson

I would go through phases of wanting to be a mermaid or a vet, but because I grew up around people who were always making movies, I guess it sort of just moulded my mind. — Dakota Johnson

Los Angeles is a really strange place. I grew up there like a normal kid, but it was not until I experienced other parts of the world that I realized how really and truly bizarre to the core it is - inside the homes of the powerful and damaged. — Dakota Johnson

The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.' — Dakota Johnson

I had to be physically and emotionally naked, show both my body and soul. I felt emotionally vulnerable and physically exposed, it was a hard choice to make but I was intrigued since the beginning. I think that ... the things that scare you the most are the ones you gotta do. — Dakota Johnson

I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home. — Dakota Johnson

I was attracted to the positive outlook on women especially exploring relationships with different people and being confident and comfortable and strong. That was the kind of thing that was appealing to me, because that's what's real, and that's honest, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. That's what single women do. — Dakota Johnson

I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people. — Dakota Johnson

Seeing a catering truck feels like home. — Dakota Johnson

I'm so happy when I'm working. — Dakota Johnson

The secret is I have no shame. — Dakota Johnson

I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies. — Dakota Johnson

I grew up around really not-normal people. My family is general Hollywood. They're all artists; they're creative people who are advocates for expressing themselves. But I also have to say I'm not impressed with Hollywood. — Dakota Johnson

I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young. — Dakota Johnson

Some people will like it [Fifty Shades of Grey] and some won't. I have other movies coming up, this is not what my whole life turns around. — Dakota Johnson

It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident. — Dakota Johnson

I don't think it's something you can be prepared for. I'm just going with the flow. — Dakota Johnson

I don't have any problem doing anything. The secret is I have no shame. — Dakota Johnson

I travel with a lot of clothes, which is a really bad idea because it's such a nightmare to travel. I always overpack because I like to bring things with me, and I accumulate stuff, so it piles up. I travel with everything I own. — Dakota Johnson

I think there's a part of a woman that wants to be the thing that breaks a man down. — Dakota Johnson

Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary. — Dakota Johnson

When I did 'The Social Network', David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really cool because I think he's really cool. — Dakota Johnson

Sex scenes are always a little uncomfortable at first. — Dakota Johnson

I want to hang out with my friends. I want to hang out with my family - well, I sometimes want to hang out with my family! — Dakota Johnson

I'm really a normal person. — Dakota Johnson

Being single also sucks sometimes because you're single. — Dakota Johnson

I feel like everything I wear is a favorite thing. I wouldn't wear something if I didn't love it, and I wouldn't just wear something because someone put me in it. — Dakota Johnson

I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name. — Dakota Johnson

I have bizarre anxiety about being in a city - I have no idea who I am or where I am. — Dakota Johnson

Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time. — Dakota Johnson

I avoid social networks and I try to live a very normal, simple life. I love spending time and hang out with my friends any time I can. I like a very simple life. — Dakota Johnson

If it doesn't have sex scenes in it, I won't do it. — Dakota Johnson

Nashville is only a couple of hours from New York, and people just move at a slower pace there - and they don't care who you are or what you do. — Dakota Johnson

I've heard stories of people meeting the loves of their lives online, and that's great. But it freaks me out. — Dakota Johnson

When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work. — Dakota Johnson

I've only been in long-term relationships. I've never really dated myself. — Dakota Johnson

Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad. — Dakota Johnson

I love that I'm alone all the time. I love sleeping next to no one. I really don't like solitude. — Dakota Johnson

A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know. — Dakota Johnson

Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me. — Dakota Johnson

I think people, especially the press, like to pick on children of famous people and I think that's awful. Things get made up. It's so, so sad. And there's absolutely nothing you can do about it as a 16-year-old. You're like ... 'Why? What did I do?' — Dakota Johnson

I'm filming the next two installments of the 'Fifty Shades' movies back-to-back. — Dakota Johnson