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As I grew older, I worked less as an actor and as a model, and I went back to what I had tried to do when I was young but wasn't really available. I'm so glad now to be in my sixties and to be able to go back to school. Isabella Rossellini
School Young Older Back Back To School Tried Able Glad Had Go Model Sixties Grew Available Worked Really Less Now Actor
My perfume, Manifesto, was based on the scent of basil. Isabella Rossellini
Scent Perfume Manifesto Based
There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes. Isabella Rossellini
Great Director Style He Between Makes Personal Often Personal Style Movies Disparity
The first time I went to Hollywood, I was 25 years old. My background was mostly Italian. Isabella Rossellini
Time Old First Background Mostly First Time Italian Years Hollywood
These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played. Isabella Rossellini
People Mother Took Type Seem Also She Lot Forget Roles Same Played Chances
I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother. Isabella Rossellini
Me Age Mother Am Wanted Now Play Her
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
Competition Mother Become Live Would Because Been Up Want Much Actress
In America, they are paranoid about ruining the reputations of people once they are dead and cannot answer back. They have this fascination which to me seems cruel and morbid. I do not want any part of it. Isabella Rossellini
Me People Back Ruining Once Paranoid About Seems Morbid Cruel Part Dead Answer America Any Want Cannot Which Reputations Fascination
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
Myself See Someone Adored Dictator Model Role Role Model Wants Really Who
There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed. Isabella Rossellini
You Women Heroines Idea Succeed Who Play
But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome. Isabella Rossellini
Man Mother Father Gave David David Lynch Scholarship Study Loved Rome Elephant
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
Work Best Joke Beauty Wear Having Winning Except Felt Makeup Contract Lottery Model Much Next Used Lucky Chosen Thing
I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed. Isabella Rossellini
Me People Met Worried Disappointed Because Always Person Little
I would love to be a field biologist. I would love to do what Jane Goodall did, just totally immerse myself in the life of one specific species for years and study every aspect of its behavior until little by little, all of these patterns become clear. That would be great, but I don't know if I have it left in me. Isabella Rossellini
Life Love Myself Great Me Behavior Become Field Every Immerse Would Would-Be Totally Clear Study Know Until Years Left Did Just Jane Patterns Little Aspect Species Specific Biologist
I seldom look at myself to avoid any self-criticism. Isabella Rossellini
Myself Seldom Look Any Avoid
I would like to be forgotten. What's so good about being remembered? Isabella Rossellini
Good Would About Remembered Like Forgotten Being
I loved modeling. I absolutely loved it. I was so happy to get the cover of 'Vogue' - 23 times. I keep each copy. I made more money as a model than as an actress or as a filmmaker. In monetary terms, beauty pays more than anything. Isabella Rossellini
Happy Money Made Beauty More Vogue More Than Anything Absolutely Terms Cover Times Than Model Modeling Get Anything Loved Pays Each Keep Actress Monetary Copy Filmmaker
I always dreamed when I was a little girl interested in animals that I would go live in Africa. Then I found out that you can look in your backyard, and you can do your own safari. Isabella Rossellini
You Girl Animals Own Live Out Backyard Would Dreamed Look Always Go Africa Interested Little Little Girl Then Your Found
I've always been an entertainer all my life; I come from a family of entertainers. I always made, very pretentiously, a comparison with Agatha Christie. Her inspiration was crime, and I'm sure she must have taken courses or read about crime, because it was the basis of her stories. But ultimately, it was her own fantasy. Isabella Rossellini
Life Family Crime Made My Life Own All My Life Must Entertainer Entertainers About Inspiration Taken Come She Read Sure Courses Because Always Been Ultimately Very Stories Agatha Christie Fantasy Comparison Her Basis
I'd love to meet Darwin. He caused such controversy over whether God created the earth in six days or whether we evolved over time. I'd love to discuss that with him - what a fantastic conversation! Isabella Rossellini
Love God Time Conversation Meet Earth Evolved Darwin He Over Days Him Caused Discuss Six Six Days Controversy Whether Fantastic Created
Food is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked. Isabella Rossellini
Food Son Culture Big Babysitter Everyone Part Know She Knows How Came Shocked America Big Part Egg Asked Cook
My father's films are often very slow for the modern audiences, which are used to a lot of editing. It's the audience that watches the film instead of the director dictating the reaction he wants from you. Isabella Rossellini
You Director Editing Father Slow Films He Instead Reaction Audience Audiences Lot Very Modern Often Wants Which Used Film Watches
I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or Guy Maddin or Peter Weir who are considered not mainstream directors and that could be because they are like my dad. They are pioneers, and pioneers, by definition, invent something new. Isabella Rossellini
People Invent Considered Say Definition Something Guy Something New Directors Could David David Lynch Mainstream New Like Because Always Pioneers Worked Who Peter Dad Actress Career
I was born with a love of animals, the same way I was born with brown hair. When I was a little girl in Rome, I always had pets, which I adored. Isabella Rossellini
Love Girl Animals Hair Way Born Brown Adored Had Always Same Rome Which Little Little Girl Pets
When I was young, it was difficult to imagine entering a world where my parents succeeded so much and I could have risked failing. It would have felt much harder. Isabella Rossellini
World Parents Young Difficult Entering Would Risked Could Failing Felt Where Succeeded Much Harder Imagine
Most people divorce because one in the couple falls in love with someone else: it's a common cause of divorce. I still think that it's tinted - this is my opinion - with a veil of racism and American puritanism. Isabella Rossellini
Love Racism People Cause Think Else Someone Puritanism Divorce Veil Most Couple Because Opinion Still Falls American Common Common Cause
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