“You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you’re excited for the day? That’s one of my main goals in life.” quoted in Womans World (1-24-06)

“On every film I do, whenever there are other girls my age, I think it’s definitely up to me to set the pace. That’s because I’ve had a lot of experience and I think there’s always a certain amount of professionalism that should be maintained.”

“It would actually be really interesting if Spider-Man died. Why doesn’t the superhero ever die? I think if Mary Jane was alone, pregnant and he died, she could give birth to a spider baby and carry on the series with another young boy or something like that.” – July 2004

“I don’t try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you’re not, you’re not.”

On “Marie Antoinette” (2006): “It’s kind of like a history of feelings rather than a history of facts. So don’t expect a masterpiece theatre, educational Marie Antoinette biopic.”

“I’d like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn’t matter, but it doesn’t hurt.”

“My favourite food at the moment is Pasta, “with tons of shaved Parmesan on the side. Not crumbly but like the hunks, you know what I mean…when you get the thin slices.”

The Virgin Suicides. “I almost feel like they [the sisters] were like dust in the wind, they were there for such a short period of time, they left and…it was almost like they weren’t even real maybe-they were angels to these boys. They were seen through these boys’ eyes, … they were always these untouchable girls.”

“I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don’t get my license revoked,”

“Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don’t you? Just tell me so I can get over you.”

“Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?”

On turning down the role of Angela in “American Beauty”: “When I read it, I was 15 and I don’t think I was mature enough to understand the script’s material. I didn’t want to be kissing Kevin Spacey. Come on! Lying there naked with rose petals?”

“I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.”

“I liked when Brad and I danced. That was fun because he had no clue how do the waltz and I loved the dress I wore.” (about working on Interview with the Vampire)

“It was horrible, I hated it. Brad and Tom were like my big brothers on the set, so it was like kissing your big brother – totally gross.” (about kissing Brad Pitt)

“I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.” (about winning the MTV Award)

“Erin kicks butt in the Film. I like that. Most girls in action films like these just stand and watch!”  (Taking about her character in The Crow : Salvation)

“You felt like an idiot sometimes,” Dunst laughs. You just have to commit 110% and make it look as real as possible. The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life” (about filming Spider-Man).

“People always tell me, ‘Don’t work so much’, but I can’t help it. I feel like all the things I’ve done are important to get to this adult stage and now I’m getting all these adult offers, so it’s working. Now, I’m going to be more careful and just take time off and be very selective now” (after Spider-Man).

“I’d like to be taller. I’d like my baby fat to leave.”

“I love what I do and I don’t want to stop,” she says. “This is all I’ve ever wanted.”

” I’ve done a few shoddy films in my day.”

“Well Mary Jane is a little bit more like sexed up than the comics. I mean I do wear a padded bra in the film but, you know, we wanted to develop Jane and make her a woman that all the girls can look up to.”