I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor. Isabella Rossellini More Quotes by Isabella Rossellini More Quotes From Isabella Rossellini If you look at most beauty advertisements, you would think that makeup is only for beautiful women in their early twenties. Isabella Rossellini youwomenbeautifulbeauty Market research shows that older women like seeing older women in ads, and that younger women do, too - because they see them and are not frightened of growing older. Isabella Rossellini seelikewomenresearch True elegance for me is the manifestation of an independent mind. Isabella Rossellini truemeelegancemind Mammals are very close to us, but bugs are strange. They're more mysterious and exotic. Isabella Rossellini usmoremysteriousstrange I always have parmigiano-reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with parmesan cheese, olive oil and a bit of lemon zest. It makes me feel better every time. Isabella Rossellini mehometimepeople I was always interested in animals, but when I was little, animal behavior was still a new science. It was available to become a veterinarian, it was available to study biology, but not specifically animal behavior. In the '60s, Jane Goodall was the founder of this new science. Isabella Rossellini newbehavioranimalscience There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different. Isabella Rossellini ritualsveryspidersdifferent 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. Isabella Rossellini facewomanwomentime One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could hurt you - and Darwin posited that it might be rooted in maternal instinct, in sacrificing yourself for your children. Isabella Rossellini yourselfgreatyouchildren 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. Isabella Rossellini metimefoodlong As I grew older, I worked less as an actor and as a model, and I went back to what I had tried to do when I was young but wasn't really available. I'm so glad now to be in my sixties and to be able to go back to school. Isabella Rossellini backgoyoungschool My perfume, Manifesto, was based on the scent of basil. Isabella Rossellini manifestobasedperfumescent I grew up in a family of filmmakers, so I always wanted to make films about animals, especially comical films. Something about animals amuses me. And they have a great mystery. It's the same mystique some people might feel looking at the stars or the ocean. Isabella Rossellini mefamilyoceanstars There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes. Isabella Rossellini moviespersonalgreatstyle That is the great pleasure of working with great directors. You get to look at the world through many different prisms. I guess I love talent, whatever form it takes. Isabella Rossellini greatyoutalentlove The first time I went to Hollywood, I was 25 years old. My background was mostly Italian. Isabella Rossellini backgroundoldfirst-timetime I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother. Isabella Rossellini i-ammeagemother
