Isabella Rossellini Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When I grew up in Italy in the 1950s, it was still very agricultural. Food was very important; produce was very important. Everyone made their own olive oil. It took me a long time after I moved here to understand that Americans are much further away from their food.”

“When David left me I became totally brokenhearted.”

“A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.”

“Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.”

“I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother.”

“There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.”

“I never really think about what I have to do to stick to my image. I just follow what I like to do. Sometimes it's glamorous, sometimes it's not.”