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 celebrities. But that's such a tiny minority of the elites who are able to make those… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I don't wear much makeup, except during work. I felt lucky to be chosen to be a model. I used to joke, 'The next best thing to winning the lottery is having a beauty contract.' — 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 Image
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 role, so… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
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 Image
Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
My films are comical films. They are made to laugh at. They are comical - and scientifically correct. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
