I live in New York, but I am always delighted to come to Europe because I am European and grew up here until I was 20. I am not only Italian, I am partly Swedish. When my parents divorced, I was three years old and went to live in Paris… when I am offered a film in Europe, I come with great enthusiasm! Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
Animals are everywhere. Some are more romantic, like tigers and elephants and chimpanzees, and some are less romantic, like earthworms, but they are just as interesting. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
People use mobile phones in this very distracting environment where you probably don’t have time to watch a 30-minute film, but you might have time to look at a film for a minute and learn something you didn’t expect while you walk on the streets. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
I grew up in Italy, and our country is a country of great agriculture and food produce. It wasn’t like I was urban and only knew about high-heeled shoes and purses and never knew where my eggs came from. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
When I grew up, we always had our chickens, and we ate our eggs, and we ate our chickens. The family always had a pig, and we would kill it at Christmas and eat it for three or four months afterwards. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
Many years in New York has made me urban, and I won’t eat my chicken because I met him personally! Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that we could go to Paradise. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
The first time I went to Hollywood, I was 25 years old. My background was mostly Italian. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
