She was able to integrate so many cultures... she is not even American but she is totally part of American culture like she is totally part of the Swedish, Italian, French, European film making, she worked in five languages, she worked with directors from my father to Alfred Hitchcock, from Jean Renoir to Victor Fleming, from( George) Cukor to Ingmar Bergman, it gave her a range that is probably bigger than other Hollywood stars like Katharine Hepburn, to give one example.

Isabella Rossellini

Categorized in : Entertainment

It's hard to make a living in any of the arts. When most people think of artists, they think of the stars and the celebrities. But that's such a tiny minority of the elites who are able to make those millions of dollars. The reality is that it's very hard for the rest to make a living as an artist. So, you really have to persevere and understand that achieving the sort of success where you're making the big money is like winning the lottery.

Isabella Rossellini

stars reality art

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

Isabella Rossellini

actors writing fun

I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.

Isabella Rossellini

design strange way

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

Isabella Rossellini

acting rain thinking

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.

Isabella Rossellini

film creative people

I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies.

Isabella Rossellini

narrative daughter character

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

Isabella Rossellini

hurt blue men

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

Isabella Rossellini

role-models roles want

Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian I can only say ti amo( I love you)' and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators, in 1949 they made a first film together,' Stromboli', and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.

Isabella Rossellini

brother mother love

If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World.

Isabella Rossellini

saddest beer world

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.

Isabella Rossellini

eggs america son

I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to.

Isabella Rossellini

competition mother want

I always loved experimenting in film.

Isabella Rossellini

film

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

Isabella Rossellini

fascination america people

She would like to change the name Oscar to Anna.

Isabella Rossellini

entertainment

She showed that women are independent, that women want to tell their own story, want to take initiative but sometimes they can't because sometimes our social culture doesn't allow women to break away from certain rules.

Isabella Rossellini

entertainment

Mama of course was very hurt because she could not see her daughter( Pia) from her first marriage. She was hurt by the scandal, she felt she paid such a high price for it but eventually it was resolved. She made peace with it.

Isabella Rossellini

entertainment

One thing that was difficult to me was integrating my family with my career. Women were able to enter the workforce but ... (it was) harder for me was to integrate my children with my professional life, i tried to have them come with me on the set, but as they grew older they wanted to stay with their friends, there was school.

Isabella Rossellini

entertainment

Especially in American cinema, you foster an audience of young males, if you foster an audience for subjects that are interesting to women then you also have an audience that is interested in these subjects. A lot of films where people punch each other... I'm not interested.

Isabella Rossellini

entertainment

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.

Isabella Rossellini

live feel you animal