Even though she's only 12, Dakota Fanning already has big dreams for herself. And we're certain she's going to win a handful of Oscars by the time she's 30.

The rising star recently said that she would love to get behind the camera when she's older. The adorable actress - who has starred alongside top celebrities like Denzel Washington and Sean Penn, Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise - admits she's been paying close attention to the best directors on set for future use.

Little Dakota knows what she wants and, at the rate she's going, there's no stopping this young girl. She admits it's important for her to share a special relationship with the actor, and with her bubbly personality, who wouldn't listen to her?

She told the AP "I would love to direct someday. I've learned a lot from watching directors I've worked with, like Steven Spielberg and Gary Winick, whom I worked with on Charlotte's Web. I would love to have that relationship with another actor."

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