Don Johnsonis praising daughterDakota Johnson‘s acting chops.During a recent interview withThe Guardian, theKnives Outstar, who turns 70 next month, was asked how he felt when his daughter told him she wanted to be an actress. Don shares Dakota, 30, with ex-wifeMelanie Griffith.“That’s a story in itself,” he said. “I didn’t know that she wanted to do it. She hadn’t shared that with us. So she’s 18, I think, at the time and I’m going: ‘Okay, I’ll just keep my eye on her and reach out and catch her.’ Ha ha, that’s the last I saw of Dakota.”“She has the goods,” the actor added. “She’s a wonderful actress, and in some ways better than her mother and me.”TheMiami Vicestar and Griffith, 62, first married in 1976, before divorcing and then remarrying in 1989. They divorced again in 1996.Jim Spellman/WireImageDon, now married to schoolteacher Kelley Phleger,previously told PEOPLEthat he maintains a positive relationship with his ex-wife.“We’re close,” he said of theWorking Girlactress in May 2018. “I think when you have children with someone that if you’re smart you say, ‘Okay, this isn’t about us anymore. This is about someone else.’”Dakota has been closely following in her famous parents’ footsteps. The actress broke out after starring in theFifty Shadesfranchise, and has since been seen in films includingSuspiria, Bad Times at the El RoyaleandThe Peanut Butter Falcon.Jason Merritt/Getty“I was surprised,” Donpreviously told PEOPLEof Dakota’s success. “When Dakota was about to graduate high school I went to her and I said, “Okay, so what are we thinking about colleges here?’ And she said, ‘I’m not going to college. I’m going to be an actress.’ And I went, ‘Well, that’s very interesting because I’ve never seen you take an acting class. I’ve never seen you do a play.’”“Little did I know, Dakota was in the background watching mom and dad all those years,” he added. “She was learning her craft.”During his interview withThe Guardian, Don also commented onDakota’s relationshipwith Coldplay frontmanChris Martin.“He’s a lovely man, I’ll tell you that,” theWatchmenactor said. “But it’s not my place; they have their own thing. It would be like asking Chris Martin: ‘How’s Don’s relationship with his wife?'”Griffith previously told PEOPLE that she isalso a fan of Martin, saying, “I love my daughter’s boyfriend. I think that they’re an awesome couple.”Knives Outis in theaters now.
Don Johnsonis praising daughterDakota Johnson‘s acting chops.
During a recent interview withThe Guardian, theKnives Outstar, who turns 70 next month, was asked how he felt when his daughter told him she wanted to be an actress. Don shares Dakota, 30, with ex-wifeMelanie Griffith.
“That’s a story in itself,” he said. “I didn’t know that she wanted to do it. She hadn’t shared that with us. So she’s 18, I think, at the time and I’m going: ‘Okay, I’ll just keep my eye on her and reach out and catch her.’ Ha ha, that’s the last I saw of Dakota.”
“She has the goods,” the actor added. “She’s a wonderful actress, and in some ways better than her mother and me.”
TheMiami Vicestar and Griffith, 62, first married in 1976, before divorcing and then remarrying in 1989. They divorced again in 1996.
Jim Spellman/WireImage
Don, now married to schoolteacher Kelley Phleger,previously told PEOPLEthat he maintains a positive relationship with his ex-wife.
“We’re close,” he said of theWorking Girlactress in May 2018. “I think when you have children with someone that if you’re smart you say, ‘Okay, this isn’t about us anymore. This is about someone else.’”
Dakota has been closely following in her famous parents’ footsteps. The actress broke out after starring in theFifty Shadesfranchise, and has since been seen in films includingSuspiria, Bad Times at the El RoyaleandThe Peanut Butter Falcon.
Jason Merritt/Getty
“I was surprised,” Donpreviously told PEOPLEof Dakota’s success. “When Dakota was about to graduate high school I went to her and I said, “Okay, so what are we thinking about colleges here?’ And she said, ‘I’m not going to college. I’m going to be an actress.’ And I went, ‘Well, that’s very interesting because I’ve never seen you take an acting class. I’ve never seen you do a play.’”“Little did I know, Dakota was in the background watching mom and dad all those years,” he added. “She was learning her craft.”
During his interview withThe Guardian, Don also commented onDakota’s relationshipwith Coldplay frontmanChris Martin.
“He’s a lovely man, I’ll tell you that,” theWatchmenactor said. “But it’s not my place; they have their own thing. It would be like asking Chris Martin: ‘How’s Don’s relationship with his wife?'”
Griffith previously told PEOPLE that she isalso a fan of Martin, saying, “I love my daughter’s boyfriend. I think that they’re an awesome couple.”
Knives Outis in theaters now.
source: people.com
