here's the article from nylon magazine
Posted 09-28-2007 09:04 PM 09-28-2007 09:04 PM
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" I DONT GO AROUND ACTING LIKE A ****ING NUT CASE," SAYS 18 YEAR OLD MODEL DANIELLE RILEY KEOUGH. " AT LEAST, NOT MOST OF THE TIME," SHE ADDS WITH A LAUGH. THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ELVIS AND DAUHTER OF LISA MARIE PRESLEY AND DANNY KEOUGH, RILEY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE TRAPPINGS OF FAME. "I MEAN I DONT HAVE IT BAD AT ALL: I'M NOT MUCH IN THE PUBLIC EYE VERY MUCH. BUT I DO WATCH WHAT I DO IN CERTAIN SITUTIONS," SHE SAYS WITH A WELL HONED RESERVE. AUSPICIOUSLY, KEOUGH BEGAN HER MODELING CAREER ON THE RUNWAY FOR DOLCE GABBANA AT THE AGE OF JUST 14. SHE HAS SINCE MODELED FOR JOHN GALLIANO AT DIOR BECOME THE FACE OF MISS CHERIE PERFUME AND GRACED THE COVER OF VOGUE ALONGSIDE HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.
SITTING IN HER HAPHAZARDLY DECORATED BEDROOM IN L.A ( SHE DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN CALIFIORNIA AND HAWWAII) ON HER WOODEN JAPANESE STYLE BED WITH A GAINT DREAM CATCHER HANGING BEHIND HER HEAD, KEOUGH HAS AN EFFORTLESS AND SOMEWHAT GRUNGY APPEAL. CLAD IN A BLACK T-SHIRT JEANS SCARF AND BOOTS WITH LONG BEACHY BLONDE HAIR SHE INSISTS THAT SHE HAS YET TO DEFINE HER OWN FASHION SENSIBLITY. " I DONT REALLY HAVE STYLE. WHEN I GO SHOPPING I BUY WHATEVER STANDS OUT TO ME."
WHILE HER FST PACED CAREER MAY BELIE HER AGE KEOUGH IS STILL DISCOVERING WHAT IT IS SHE WANTS TO DO WHEN "SHE GROWS UP". " WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG I THINK AROUND FOUR I WANTED TO SING THEN I WANTED TO BE A DANCER THEN A DIRECTOR A PHOTOGRAPHER, A PIANIST A WRITER," SHE MULLS. " NOW THERE'S STILL SO MUCH I WANT TO DO. I LOVE TAKING PICTURES THAT'S THE MOST SEROIUS OF ALL OF THEM". SUPRISINGLY MUSIC ISN'T AN INDUSTRY SHE'S EAGER TO VENTURE INTO. " MUSIC IS MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD, I GREW UP COMPLETELY AROUND IT AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORATANT THINGS TO ME BUT AT THIS POINTR ICANT SEE MYSELF DOING THAT PROFESSIONALLY. LUCKILY FOR THE MOST PART, I DONT FEEL PRESSURED ."
ANDREA CUSICK