123 Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

When I took my clothes off in Blue Velvet, I wanted to convey the brutality of sex abuse. I wanted to look like a quartered cow hanging in a butcher shop as well as disturbingly appealing.

If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World.

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

Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian I can only say ti amo( I love you)' and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators, in 1949 they made a first film together,' Stromboli', and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.

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

To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.

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.

I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.