Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!

A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.

I have had my different husbands, my families. I am fond of them all and I visit them all. But deep inside me there is the feeling that I belong to show business.

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.