Kirsten Dunst's model director

(BANG) - Kirsten Dunst says director Sofia Coppola is her role model.

Kirsten - who has worked with the filmmaker on two films, 'The Virgin Suicides' and 'Marie Antoinette' - says Sofia, the daughter of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, is one of the most inspiring people she has ever met.

She said: "Sofia is someone who has influenced me in a huge way by the way she lives and what she likes.

"We have similar tastes and it is nice to have a friend you can relate to. She gets what I am going through and has similar perspective on things."

Kirsten also admits that now she has turned 24 she has finally learned how to be confident.

She said: "I used to be much more of a people pleaser, scared of upsetting other people. I guess I'm getting less afraid of life now."

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