It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
My father used to say that you could only access culture before cinema by learning to read and write, but that once… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
My father's films are often very slow for the modern audiences, which are used to a lot of editing. It's the audience… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I live in New York, but I am always delighted to come to Europe because I am European and grew up here… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I think my mother became the muse because she had everything when she was in Hollywood: she had the marriage, the success,… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Maybe there's some kind of modeling that can be tedious, like catalogue modeling, but there's a kind of modeling, with runways or working with… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
I grew up in Italy, and our country is a country of great agriculture and food produce. It wasn't like I was urban and… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
It's nice to go and be a guest on a television sitcom. It pays well; it's easy because generally it's a supporting role, so… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my mother. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
My films are comical films. They are made to laugh at. They are comical - and scientifically correct. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored! — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
It's hard to make a living in any of the arts. When most people think of artists, they think of the stars and the… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
I started modeling at 28. I'm 5-feet-7 1/2 , and I never went on a diet. I followed what my doctor told me: 'It's… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share
