‘Fifty Shades Darker’ Actress Dakota Johnson Talks ‘Crippling Self-Doubt’

By Cheri Cheng - 16 Sep '15 10:40AM
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Dakota Johnson, who has jumped onto the scene after playing Anastasia Steele in the erotica romance movie, "Fifty Shades of Grey," opened up in AnOther Magazine about what it is like to grow up with famous parents. Johnson's parents are Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson.

"I feel like I grew up in the circus," she said in regards to how her parents always brought her with them whenever they had to travel. "I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people."

The 25-year-old actress added, "I'd go absolutely everywhere with them. It was the only way that I could be with them. And since they were divorced I would spend two weeks with one and two weeks with the other, traveling with a tutor."

In the interview, Johnson also talked about the anxiety she gets when she auditions for movie roles despite the success she has had.

"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," Johnson said before adding that she was very afraid of one of her latest projects, "Suspiria." "I'm so terrified of it. I have crippling self-doubt! But the things I'm the most afraid of, I run towards."

Johnson can be seen starring alongside Johnny Depp in "Black Mass," which hits theaters on Sept. 18, 2015. She will also be reprising her role as Steele in the sequels to "Fifty Shades of Grey," "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed."

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