But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

True elegance is for me the manifestation of an independent mind.

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

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.

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

A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

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

To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.

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

Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.

Why the anchor?""Because sometimes, it's nice to feel like there's someone who can save you.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us.

In excluding me from the shadow cabinet, Margaret Thatcher has chosen what I believe to be the only wholly honest solution and one which I accept and welcome.

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. They are only 'doing their duty'

Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.

Maybe I think you're cute and funny. Maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you, if you know what I mean.

I used to carry a rabbit's foot for luck. Then it was a monkey's paw. Now it's a camel's toe.