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But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.
Isabella Rossellini
Mother
Father
Man
Rome
Study
I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be.
Isabella Rossellini
Beliefs
Radical
Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.
Isabella Rossellini
Men
Hurt
I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother.
Isabella Rossellini
Age
Mother
Now
Play
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
People
America
Want
These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.
Isabella Rossellini
Mother
People
Forget
A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.
Isabella Rossellini
First
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
Mother
Competition
Want
There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.
Isabella Rossellini
Women
Idea
Play
Succeed