123 Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

Many years in New York has made me urban, and I won't eat my chicken because I met him personally!

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

The first time I went to Hollywood, I was 25 years old. My background was mostly Italian.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

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 it.

I always encourage women to let their individuality show by not covering up what they perceive as flaws. When I see a woman with the natural wrinkles of time on her face, I do not see the wrinkles at all, but when I see a woman trying to cover them up with too much foundation or concealer, all I see are her wrinkles.

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.

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.