Isabella Rossellini quotes
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“Adoption has the dimension of connection - not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. It is a larger embrace. By adopting, we stretch past our immediate circles and, by reaching out, find an unexpected sense of belonging with others.”
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“I believe in a set of values I cannot live by. I set high goals for myself, I seek perfection, dream of exotic faraway places. But ultimately, what I long for isn't far away at all. It's in my own backyard. Imperfection charms me, familiar things move me... a celebration of what we have, instead of what we long for. That for me, is glamor.”
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“If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.”
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“I believe in a set of values I cannot live by. ...”
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“True elegance is for me the manifestation of an independent mind.”
-- Isabella RosselliniSource : Isabella Rossellini (1997). “Some of Me”, Random House Incorporated
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“In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging is a problem ... I'm so surprised that the emphasis on aging here is on physical decay, when aging brings such incredible freedom. Now what I want most is laughs. I don't want to hurt anybody by laughing -- there is no meanness to it. I just want to laugh.”
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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 always loved experimenting in film.”
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“I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.”
-- Isabella RosselliniSource : Interview with Leonard Pierce, tv.avclub.com. April 2, 2009.
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“You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.”
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“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.”
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“The reason of my life is not to be the most beautiful woman in the world.”
-- Isabella RosselliniSource : "Isabella Rossellini talks Late Bloomers, Blue Velvet, and more". Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. April 20, 2012.
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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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“I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be.”
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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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“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”
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“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.”
-- Isabella RosselliniSource : Isabella Rossellini (1997). “Some of Me”, Random House Incorporated
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“I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.”
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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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“A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.”
-- Isabella RosselliniSource : "I don't want to be a dictator or to be adored" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2004.
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“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.”
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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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“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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“From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.”
-- Isabella Rossellini
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