United Kingdom, Dec. 5 -- Kirsten Dunst has become a more "fearless" actor since having children.

The 43-year-old star has kids Ennis, seven, and James, four, with her actor husband Jesse Plemons, and she gives "so much more" to her roles since become a mother.

Speaking at an In Conversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, she is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: "I think anybody who has experienced having children, everything changes.

"For me, it gave me so much more fearlessness in my acting, which is such a gift that they gave me.

"Also, they gave me, this isn't the most important thing, but now when I do have the time to work and want to work, I can give it so much more.

"I feel like that's wit...