ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where are you right now?

DAKOTA FANNING:Im at school.

Im hiding from any teacher that would see me on my phone right now.

Dakota Fanning, The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Credit: Kimberley French

But technically its allowed because its before school has started.

Whats it like to come back to high school now that the move is out?

Thats whats normal to me.

I dont really know anything different.

How do you think your classmates will react to the movie?

Most of them have already seen the movie, so theyre very excited about it.

Ill definitely be talking to some people about it today, Im sure.

What was your reaction when you started hearing the box-office numbers?

I know so many people were camping out for days to wait for it.

And I think that its great that everyone got to see it right when it came out.

You knew that it was going to be big.

But the biggest opening day ever?

Everyone is aTwilightfan in some way, I think.

Did you do anything special to celebrate how well the movie did?

Im such a little part of the film.

Its really Kristen, Rob, and Taylor and everyone who should be doing the celebrating.

Its all of their hard work.

I was really excited to be a part of it.

Were you a fan of the series before you were cast?

Of course I was a fan.

I had read the books and everything.

Your character, the Volturi member Jane, is terrifying.

Was it fun to play evil?

Its one of the first times that Ive done that.

And this is a character that really takes pleasure in causing people pain.

And thats kind of a fascinating character to get to play.

So that was definitely one of the reasons that I wanted to do it.

Are people reacting to you differently now that theyve seen you play a villain?

Its getting to manipulate yourself to fit characters.

And I love getting to play all different kinds of people.

And, yeah, surprise people with my red eyes, I guess.

Were they actual contacts?

Ive never worn anything in my eyes before, so it was definitely a feeling Id never experienced.

But they have someone to put them in and take them out.

you might kind of feel them.

But you get used to it after a while.

Did they help you get in character?

How many moreTwilightmovies will you do?

The third one is already done.

And after that its up in the air?

Yeah, I dont know.

I dont know about the fourth one.

Do you have other projects lined up too?

Photo Credit: Kimberley French