Dakota Johnson has “struggled” with depression since she was a teenager.
The ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ star admits she has battled with her mental health for a number of years but she is now trying to find the “beautiful” in her struggles.
She said: “I’ve struggled with depression since I was young – since I was 15 or 14. That was when, with the help of professionals, I was like, ‘Oh, this is a thing I can fall into.’ But I’ve learned to find it beautiful because I feel the world. I guess I have a lot of complexities, but they don’t pour out of me. I don’t make it anyone else’s problem.”
And the 30-year-old actress insists she doesn’t have a “method” when she picks movies and instead relies on her intuition and emotions.
Speaking about how she makes her choices, she added: “I really don’t have a method, and I don’t want one. It’s very intuitive and emotional.”
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Dakota – whose parents are Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson – lamented the lack of films like ‘Notting Hill’ now as they are what inspired her to turn to acting.
Speaking to the Summer issue of Marie Claire magazine, she shared: “There are not movies made like that anymore. Movies where they take their time and the pacing is more languid and it’s about light-hearted escapism and wishful thinking. When I was growing up, I loved those movies so much.
“They were the reason why I was like, ‘Well, maybe I could be an actress. Maybe I could be a movie star.’ There’s something really nice about making something that makes people just feel good and get out of their lives for a second and maybe think, ‘Oh, my dreams could be not dreams, they could be.'”
Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress and model. She made Hollywood debut starring alongside her mother in the film ‘Crazy in Alabama’, a dark comedy film at just 10 years. She is also known for her role in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’.
