Isabella Rossellini quotes

Isabella Rossellini is an Italian-American actress, filmmaker, and model, widely admired for her striking beauty and versatility. She has appeared in acclaimed films such as "Blue Velvet" and "Death Becomes Her," and was the face of Lancôme for many years. She continues to inspire audiences with her work in cinema, television, and environmental activism. Here are 30 of her quotes:

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

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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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There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

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

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

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

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Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Anna Magnani - women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They didn't submit to any standard of beauty - they defined it.

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The reason of my life is not to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

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David Lynch came out of it a genius, and I came out of it a fat girl. I'm sorry that the only comment I get about the part is the way I look. Commenting on the critics' response to her performance in Blue Velvet.

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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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I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

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

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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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I graduated from Academy of Fashion and Costume Design in Rome. At first, I thought I was going to be a costume designer for films, and then I ended up working in fashion - not as a designer, but mostly as a model.

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I'm not there now to represent beauty; I'm there to represent a different dream. It may be defined as joyfulness; life goes on and there are many chapters. I think that's why they keep me.

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...I have not even been nominated for one. But it doesn't affect me any more. This is the great thing about getting old: things that preoccupied you when you were young cease to preoccupy you. I would have loved to have had one Oscar. Well, too bad. I have six sheep, two dogs, two children.

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I always loved experimenting in film.

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

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When David left me I became totally brokenhearted.

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