Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian-American actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, Rossellini is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvetand Death Becomes Her. She also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in Crime of the Century...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth18 June 1952
CityRome, Italy
CountryItaly
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
I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.
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.
I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.
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.
If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World.
If you go to a therapist, they say, 'Are you sure? How do you feel about your wrinkles?' And I say, 'I don't know, because I don't really see them.' I see my hands, but I don't see my face, so it's not a torment. I only see it for five minutes in the morning when I brush my teeth! When you read women's magazines you always read about this drama of getting old, about anti-aging cream and plastic surgery and whatever else. But I think if you're independent, like I have grown to be, it's welcome.
I always loved experimenting in film.
I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies.
I would like to be forgotten. What's so good about being remembered?
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different.
There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.
I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.
If you look at most beauty advertisements, you would think that makeup is only for beautiful women in their early twenties.