You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.

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.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell involving both parties in atrocious criminality and should be immediately annulled.

I am Jewish, but I love Christmas, as most Jews with any taste do, because Hanukkah is lame.

He dispensed starlight to casual moths.

My twin's not broken. He's ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix him. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury him.

I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.

You can't ground us. We're homeless," Daphne said.

I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.

Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.

I don't wanna be a role model. I'd like to be an inspiration.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.