I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

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.

Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

I don't think there is anything wrong with learning from people who are better than you.

Think before you speak, and don't say everything you think.

We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations.

Time sped. And the poet through sorrow Became like his suffering kind. Again he toiled over his poems To lighten the grief of his mind.

You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas.

Religion is only the illusory sun which revolves round man as long as he does not revolve round himself.

You may know God, but not comprehend Him.

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.