Mother Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

8 Mother quotes by Isabella Rossellini

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Isabella Rossellini’s eight short statements on motherhood blend poetry with insight, offering a quick snapshot of her perspective. This tiny set captures the lyrical side of her view on mothers.

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It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my…

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Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian…

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I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother.

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

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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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From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed…

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I think my mother became the muse because she had everything when she was in Hollywood: she had the marriage, the success,…

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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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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…

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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…

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I believe in a set of values I cannot live by. ...

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It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my mother.

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Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.

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My films are comical films. They are made to laugh at. They are comical - and scientifically correct.

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

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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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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…

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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…

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