Italian - Actress | June 18, 1952 -
I live my everyday life as a person, and I react to my photos from a certain distance. When I look at a photo, I detach myself and look at it as a product - not as me, Isabella.
Isabella Rossellini
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I don't wear much makeup, except during work. I felt lucky to be chosen to be a model. I used to joke, 'The next best thing to winning the lottery is having a beauty contract.'
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I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.
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It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.
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Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved animals and been fascinated with them.
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You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.
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I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.
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I would love to be a field biologist. I would love to do what Jane Goodall did, just totally immerse myself in the life of one specific species for years and study every aspect of its behavior until little by little, all of these patterns become clear. That would be great, but I don't know if I have it left in me.
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I would like to be forgotten. What's so good about being remembered?
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Animation translates well to a small screen. When you look at Walt Disney or Chuck Jones - you know, Bugs Bunny - there really isn't any difference if you watch on a very big screen or a computer screen.
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I loved modeling. I absolutely loved it. I was so happy to get the cover of 'Vogue' - 23 times. I keep each copy. I made more money as a model than as an actress or as a filmmaker. In monetary terms, beauty pays more than anything.
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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.
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