Whereas some famous kids coast by, she’s eager to impress in her own right.

Dakota Johnson grew up in a famous family

Dakota Johnson comes from generations of Hollywood royalty.

But as Johnson explained in a 2016 interview withVogue, her childhood was more normal than one might think.

Dakota Johnson as a child smiling

I didn’t know different."

Besides, as she noted, “In LA, there’s a wider awareness of celebrity families.”

Neither schools nor friendships stuck.

Dakota Johnson as a baby crawling

“I was so consistently unmoored and discombobulated.

I didn’t have an anchor anywhere,” Johnson explained.

Studying presented its own set of problems because she was so used to being on set.

Melanie Griffith holding baby Dakota Johnson

She admitted, “I never learned how to learn the way you’re supposed to as a kid.

I thought, ‘Why do I have to go to school on time?

“I was just miserable there.

Baby Dakota Johnson sitting on Melanie Griffith’s lap

“Things get made up.

It’s so, so sad.

And there’s absolutely nothing it’s possible for you to do about it as a 16-year-old.

young Dakota Johnson

You’re like, ‘What the f***?

What did I do?'”

She hadn’t shared that with us.

Melanie Griffith posing with young Dakota Johnson

However, he soon realized she was serious, acknowledging, “She has the goods.

Dakota Johnson’s grandmother Tippi Hedren confirmed withVoguein 2017 that the family’s influence wasn’t to blame either.

She explained, “I didn’t push Melanie into films, and she didn’t push Dakota.

Dakota Johnson as a child smiling

I think neither of us is the throw in to push.”

Regardless, the grandmother and granddaughter don’t tend to talk shop.

It’s like, my dad’s a lawyer, so I’m a lawyer.”

Dakota Johnson as a child smiling

She explained the man’s words meant so much because she thought he was “really cool.”

The show only lasted one season, but the role made Johnson’s comedic timing clear.

Decider, in a 2018 revisit, called it the best role of Johnson’s career.

Dakota Johnson as a child making a kissy face

The film currently sits at 25% on review aggregateRotten Tomatoes, reflecting an overwhelmingly negative reaction from critics.

I tried to amplify them all.”

She is just bizarrely instinctual about it all.”

Dakota Johnson as a child smiling

It was 2015, and the actress was still enjoying the benefits of relative anonymity.

“My most favorite thing about London is that nobody recognizes me.

It’s really … cool,” she shared at the time.

Dakota Johnson as a child chewing gum

Still, Johnson admitted, “Some of the others I’m not so proud of.”

But I just want to enjoy my job.

Artists are complicated and sensitive people, you know?

Teen Dakota Johnson and mom Melanie Griffith smiling

At least, I am a complicated and sensitive person."

I don’t need to be the lead of a movie so you can want to do it.

I have to love the character."

Dakota Johnson as a teen smiling with Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith

“There was no Plan B.

It’s mostly instinctual.

I don’t have a process,” she shrugged.

Dakota Johnson as a teenager smiling

She’s more quick-witted and wise than anyone I know."

They walked around the party hand in hand.

They were very cute."

Dakota Johnson smiling

Johnson’s mother, Melanie Griffith, previously gushed toPeople, “I love my daughter’s boyfriend.

I think that they’re an awesome couple.”

They reportedly called time on their romance in June 2019 but got back together soon after.

Dakota Johnson

There were rumors of matching tattoos and even a bogus pregnancy.

Still, Johnson has refused to discuss the relationship, telling Tatler in an interview (viaE!

News), “I’m not going to talk about it.

Dakota Johnson looking over her shoulder

But I am very happy.”

AsTimereported, it caused quite a stir online.

I have such an obsession with making movies that I probably will always do that.

Dakota Johnson posing

I love them so much, and I like to present them like this in my house."

““I actually didn’t even know they were in there,” Johnson revealed.

“I was giving the tour and went into the kitchen, and it was set dressing.

Dakota Johnson smiling

I’m allergic to limes.

… [I]t was hard to just ignore them.

So, I just lied.”

Dakota Johnson smiling

Hopefully, she didn’t have an allergic reaction.

With all my heart.”

Johnson has had Paltrow’s approval for years.

Dakota Johnson smiling

“I just adore her.

Paltrow said of her fellow actor.

While Johnson doesn’t discuss her relationship much, she is happy to gush about Martin as a person.

Dakota Johnson posing

In her interview with Bustle, Johnson shared that she loves watching her rumored fiance perform on stage.

“I love watching him.

I could watch him every day.

Dakota Johnson posing

I don’t know how to explain it.

I feel like, I don’t know …

I’m watching my most favorite being do his most favorite thing,” she said.

TeaTime Pictures also produced a Coldplay music video, which Johnson also co-directed.

Choosing which films to fund as a production company can be challenging.

As she said at theVarietyEntertaining Marketing Summit in 2022, “There’s no credo.

There’s no mandate.

It’s not like we make only one kind of movie with one kind of person.

As Johnson shared in her interview with Bustle, the poor reviews weren’t much of a shock.

And the actor doesn’t envision herself as reprising the role.

“[I]t was definitely an experience for me to make that movie.

I had never done anything like it before.

And fans can’t get enough of her interviews.

“First she lied about the limes.

“I’m just not good at talking to journalists,” she said.

“I think the big problem is that I say stuff, and then they write it down.”

Johnson is the gift that keeps on giving.

Only those with extreme career longevity are even eligible to return as hosts.

“The latter sketch was particularly fun for Johnson to perform.