An Open Letter to Abagail Breslin

Hey Abagail,

I just wanted to say congratulations on your big Oscar nomination. I know a lot of people have speculated about my feelings on the matter and to be honest I was a bit jealous at first. Let's face it, I was supposed to be this generations Jodie Foster. But here I am, days away from the big ONE THREE and all I've got to show for my-self are an MTV Movie Award and some nominations from the Screen Actors Guild. And then on top of all that to see you, a ten year old, get the Oscar nom... well it all just drove home the fact that I'm wasting my life. So I decided to get mad at you when I should have been getting mad at my-self. It was immature and I see that now.But I've spent a lot of time with my Meditation Guru this week and he helped me overcome my anger and make a pretty serious realization. I realized, Abagail, that your nomination is actually a good thing, for me and the tween acting community as a whole.

You've un doubtbly heard about my struggles to find a distributor for my new film Hound Dog. I feel that with child abuse being such a prevalent problem into today's society it is the responsibility of artists such as ourselves to open a public dialogue on the issue via our art. But it seems that those in control of the media would rather turn a blind eye to these matters because it would make some people uncomfortable. But Abagail what i realized is that alone I can't fight these people, but together we could. Just think of it, my box office clout mixed with your critical success. We'd be unstopable. We could get any project we wanted green lit. No longer would we be forced into "kiddie" rolls, trying to act against a talking pig or Mike Myers covered in Yaks hair. We could finally make the important works of art we were put on this earth to make.

That's why I want you to take a look at a script I just discovered. It's the perfect vehicle for us to co-star in. It's called Pre-Teen Dyke Out and it's a tasteful yet harrowing look at the tragic lives of pre-teen girls and the societal factors that lead them to dyking out. My agent will forward your agent the script. Please read it and tell me what you think.

Good luck at the Oscars. I'll be rooting for you.

-Dakota Fanning