has revealed that she once failed an audition after being accused of being 'cocky' for politely shaking hands with the creative team when she entered the room.
The American actress, 36, made the revelation while appearing on Hits Radio to promote her latest comedy movie, Splitsville.
Explaining how she was just trying to be polite ahead of reading her lines, Dakota said on the show: 'I had an audition once, and it was a callback, and I went into the room, and I shook everyone’s hand and introduced myself. Then I did the scene, and I left.'
'The feedback I got was that because I had gone and introduced myself and shook everyone’s hand, is that I was pompous.
She continued: 'That I was schmoozing, and I was full of myself, and I was like: "What?" I didn’t get the job because they said that I was being cocky, but I just had manners… It was pretty crazy.'
Dakota grew up with as her stepfather and as her 96-year-old grandmother.
Dakota Johnson has revealed that she once failed an audition after being accused of being 'cocky' for politely shaking hands with the creative team when she entered the room
The American actress, 36, made the revelation while appearing on Hits Radio to promote her latest comedy movie, Splitsville (pictured in the movie)
Her dad, Don Johnson, warned all his children they'd be deprived of their allowance if they didn't attend college, so Dakota auditioned for The Juilliard School with monologues from William Shakespeare and Steve Martin.
Dakota admitted she 'really didn't want to go to college' in a May interview with ELLE UK, but was dismayed at the idea of being 'cut off' by the Miami Vice alum and admitted 'it was hard to make money.'
By age 18, Dakota used her famous name to easily sign with IMG for modelling in 2006 and two years later, she signed with the William Morris Agency for acting.
'There were a few times when I'd go to the market and not have money in my bank account or not be able to pay rent, and I'd have to ask my parents for help,' Dakota lamented.
'I'm very grateful that I had parents who could help me and did help me. But it certainly was not fun. The auditioning process, as you know, is the f***ing worst.'
The Independent Spirit Award winner noted that her mother, Melanie Griffith, 'was the nice one' when it came to hand-outs.
Dakota also has Melanie to thank for her big-screen debut, at age nine, in Antonio's dismally-reviewed directorial debut Crazy in Alabama in 1999.
Before landing her breakout role in the Fifty Shades trilogy, Dakota first caught the industry's attention as panty-clad Harvard University student Amelia in David Fincher's 2010 drama The Social Network.
Dakota grew up with Antonio Banderas as her stepfather and Tippi Hedren as her 96-year-old grandmother (Dakota and Antonio pictured 2019)
Her dad, Don Johnson (seen), warned all his children they'd be deprived of their allowance if they didn't attend college, so Dakota auditioned for The Juilliard School with monologues from William Shakespeare and Steve Marti
Dakota admitted she 'really didn't want to go to college' in a May interview with ELLE UK , but was dismayed at the idea of being 'cut off' by the Miami Vice alum (pictured 2006)
