Dree Hemingway Quotes

• Whether in light touches or for a more glamorous look, I never go out without make-up – even if it’s only a lick of mascara. And I always wear perfume, a light or more intense version.

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• When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I thought I may as well throw myself in at the deep end. My first big role is in ‘Starlet.’

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• Once, in an interview with ‘V’ magazine, I said that I preferred Fitzgerald to Hemingway. I think that Hemingway is an amazing writer, but by being related to him, I had it in my head that I had to like him.

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• My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, watching that made me really want to do that. I am my own person, and I think that the only thing with the Hemingway name is that it has gotten me in the door.

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• If I were related to Monet, I don’t know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it’s too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they’d tear me apart.

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• I think the only reason I wanted to do modeling, really, was because I knew I wasn’t ready to act; I knew I didn’t have enough life experience, and I knew that doing photo shoots was a way of acting. Playing a character each shoot and being able to just emerge yourself in these awkward experiences – it was amazing.

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• I was scouted when I was, like, sixteen, and I hated it. I wasn’t ready to work. When I turned 19, I decided to move to Paris to pursue modeling for myself there. It was kind of a way to get out of the house and discover something for myself, in a way.

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• I think people are always like, ‘She’s a model-turned-actress.’ And I don’t want to turn actress. I want to do both. I wouldn’t have built the confidence to do acting if I didn’t model.

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• I think my biggest learning experience is that it’s okay to be who you are – you don’t have to exactly fit the mold of what people think a certain kind of career is. I think that discovery – of really knowing who I am and being okay with that and loving myself – was amazing.

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• I remember having to read ‘The Old Man and the Sea,’ and I didn’t want to read it; I didn’t want to like Ernest Hemingway. I was being a stubborn teenager.

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• I really do feel like I know myself, and I’m so happy to be by myself and I’m so happy to be with other people; I just know myself really, really well, and I think that is an amazing thing. I think a lot of people don’t know themselves that well.

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• I prefer to leave a little room in my bag to grab goodies when I’m travelling, but otherwise you need one good pair of shoes that can be worn day or night, a pair of black jeans, and a nice dress.

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• I dream of working with iconic directors such as Tim Burton, Baz Luhrmann, Terry Gilliam and Wes Anderson – so I’m setting my sights pretty high! My perfect role would be in a fairy-tale period piece, and I’m quite upset all the Harry Potter movies have been made as I’d love to have been in those.

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• I don’t have any tattoos – I live vicariously through my sister, Langley, who has many. If I can’t stick to one ensemble, I don’t think I could stick to one tattoo.

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• For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and making mistakes. Everything has to be comfortable. If things are too tight or too constricting, I feel out of my element.

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• Although I was born in Idaho and now live in New York, I definitely identify with the European aesthetic. Paris is my mecca; it’s where I discovered my flair for fashion. But I pay rent and work in New York, so that is my home – I love the culture clash of the city.

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• The people who go the craziest when they hear the name ‘Hemingway’ are my English teachers!

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• My favorite question is ‘What do you do?’ I’m like, ‘I’m a walking cliche: I’m a model and an actress.’

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• My mother says I used to breast-feed in a split.

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• I’m the least s*xy person in real life.

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Dree Hemingway (26)

Birth:	4th December, 1987
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Model

About

Dree Louise Hemingway Crisman was born in Sun Valley, Idaho. She is an American fashion model and actress. She has represented major companies in print advertising as well as in fashion shows. She has also done editorials for Harper's Bazaar, i-D, V, W, Numéro, and multiple national editions of Vogue. She starred in the U.S. independent film Starlet, directed by Sean Baker. She has since had supporting roles in films such as Listen Up Philip and While We're Young.

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