But people must surely stop and stare from time to time. You’re Elle Fanning, international Hollywood star. The only reactions I care about are my friends’ and they were so cool about it. Sometimes they’d see me on a poster or billboard and get excited, but they always knew it was just my job. They just know me as Elle, the girl who wore the funny blue glasses in fourth grade.
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Have you missed out on a normal childhood or the teenage years? Not at all. I was homeschooled until I was about nine, and, at that point, I felt I was missing out on the traditional school experience. That’s when I felt different. I had no friends my age. I wanted to go to a normal school, have lockers and school dances, so I did. And ever since then, I was like everyone else.