Isabella Rossellini

“If you're a director, you have to be a bit of a dictator. But if you're a dictator, you must be a benevolent one.”

“To be a model is to be an actress. You are creating a character.”

“I am a feminist, and I define a feminist as a woman who has choices.”

“Beauty is also a way of presenting yourself to the world.”

“Individuality is what makes you sexy.”

“Aging is the erosion of emotions.”

“When you are a model, you're not supposed to speak. It's a silent art.”

“Courage is what is needed to fly.”

“I don't regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.”

“Keep it simple. You don't want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.”

“I've always been interested in animal behavior, and I keep animals, and I watch them.”

“I think it's very important to live in the present. One can't apologize for the past, change it, forget it, or replay it.”

“I always wanted to be a scientist, but I was not very good at math.”

“Humor is the anger that was never meant to be.”

“My life has been a series of accidents, but I'm not complaining.”

“I have wrinkles. I have a lot of them.”

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”

“I have always been a quarter of an hour late all my life, and I have paid for it. I have been disinherited by some old aunts. I have lost friends.”

“I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I was fired by Lancome.”

“I believe that there is a force in life that moves us forward.”