I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object. — 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
You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Most people divorce because one in the couple falls in love with someone else: it's a common cause of divorce. I still… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family of filmmakers, so I always wanted to make films about animals, especially comical films. Something about… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Every time you work, it's a new film, and generally when you work with auteurs, people that write and direct their films,… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
In America, they are paranoid about ruining the reputations of people once they are dead and cannot answer back. They have this… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I always have parmigiano-reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
The secret of using makeup for fashion is to have fun with it. When people see that you are playful, that's attractive.… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or Guy Maddin or… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
It's hard to make a living in any of the arts. When most people think of artists, they think of the stars… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
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… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
People use mobile phones in this very distracting environment where you probably don't have time to watch a 30-minute film, but you… — 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
