Maybe there’s some kind of modeling that can be tedious, like catalogue modeling, but there’s a kind of modeling, with runways or working with Richard Avedon, that’s not very far from acting. Besides the fact that you don’t have a partner to react to, the body language is the same. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
When I was a teenager, I thought maybe I’ll be a filmmaker, making film documentaries. My dream when I was a girl was I would be hired by ‘National Geographic’ or work with David Attenborough, but it didn’t happen. I became a model. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
I live in the country. I’m a bird-watcher, an oyster-raiser. You know, I’ll do anything that – raise dogs for the blind as a volunteer. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my mother. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
I didn’t think I was going to be an actress. Everybody in my family was in films, and they succeeded so much, I thought, ‘It’s better for me to do something else,’ and they agreed. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
The problem with middle age, at least when it comes to modeling, is you seldom see a model who is past 27, 28. If they use anyone older, then it becomes automatically a ‘personality’ story. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
If you see a person who’s insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing. They give you just the courage to drop your defenses. Isabella Rossellini Read Quote
