‘Perfect Couple’ actress Dakota Fanning says she was asked ‘super-inappropriate questions’ as a child star

Dakota Fanning has been acting professionally since she was 5 years old. She's been able to avoid the 'child-star curse,' but says she was still asked "super-inappropriate questions" by media.

Even though she was able to evade being in tabloids for deviant behavior, Fanning says she wasn't able to dodge "super-inappropriate questions" from the media. "People would ask super-inappropriate questions. I was in an interview as a child and somebody asked, ‘How could you possibly have any friends?’ It’s like, huh?" "I have a mother who taught me how to treat other people and also how to treat myself." Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to caroline.thayer@fox.com.

"In interviews at a young age, I remember journalists asking me, ‘How are you avoiding becoming a tabloid girl?’ People would ask super-inappropriate questions," she said in a new interview with The Cut. "I was in an interview as a child and somebody asked, ‘How could you possibly have any friends?’ It’s like, huh?"