Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

About Isabella Rossellini:

Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her. She has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in Crime of the Century (1996).
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I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies.

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If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

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I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to.

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But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

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A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.

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But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.

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When David left me I became totally brokenhearted.

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To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.

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I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

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My perfume, Manifesto, was based on the scent of basil.

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In America, they are paranoid about ruining the reputations of people once they are dead and cannot answer back. They have this fascination which to me seems cruel and morbid. I do not want any part of it.

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I live in New York, and the only live animals you see are cockroaches, rats and pigeons, which I admire immensely. When I see an animal that thrives in the garbage, I feel relief; in our urban environment, other animals are dying out.

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True elegance for me is the manifestation of an independent mind.

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There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different.

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I never really think about what I have to do to stick to my image. I just follow what I like to do. Sometimes it's glamorous, sometimes it's not.

Isabella Rossellini

As I grew older, I worked less as an actor and as a model, and I went back to what I had tried to do when I was young but wasn't really available. I'm so glad now to be in my sixties and to be able to go back to school.

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When I was young, it was difficult to imagine entering a world where my parents succeeded so much and I could have risked failing. It would have felt much harder.

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These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

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I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be.

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I like to extend myself as an actress and David really helped me.

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Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved animals and been fascinated with them.

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Author Bio

  • NameIsabella Rossellini
  • DescriptionItalian actress and filmmaker
  • BornJune 18, 1952
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionActor; Model; Film Director; Writer; Autobiographer