I believe in a set of values I cannot live by.

The reason of my life is not to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

What I think has been wonderful about my life is that it has been diverse, and that I've been able to do so many different things. I was able to evolve from modeling into acting. And then when acting opportunities became limited because of my age, I was able to become a writer and director and author. So, I am grateful to myself that I didn't just sit around and become nostalgic about the past that has been and can't come back, but that I instead decided to move on.

Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.

If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World.

Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian I can only say ti amo( I love you)' and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators, in 1949 they made a first film together,' Stromboli', and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.

But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.