These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.
Isabella RosselliniI think my mother became the muse because she had everything when she was in Hollywood: she had the marriage, the success, the money, all the films she wanted to do and yet even her, she had a longing and wanted to work with a film that had meaning, something more profound. And I think that was very touching to father.
Isabella RosselliniFood is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked.
Isabella RosselliniBut my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.
Isabella Rossellini