Isabella Rossellini. “When I was little, I never went anywhere without my dog, who I called Yuppie, like the heroine of the children’s books, Caroline.”

Often praised for her beauty, elegance, and intelligence, Isabella Rossellini is also very funny. As proof, the science-comic series of short films about animal behavior, which he shot between 2008 and 2013, and which the MUBI film platform has been programming since 1.^eh may From his farm on Long Island, New York, which he will leave in the fall to perform his successful monologue, Darwin’s smile He returns to this passion project at the La Scala theater in Paris.

Madame Figaro. – My news?
Isabella Rossellini. – A series of three short films that I wrote, directed and performed fifteen years ago at the request of Sundance TV, the channel of Robert Redford, who, like me, is sensitive to the environmental cause. I have a master’s degree in ethology (Animal Behavior Science, Editor’s Note), and I had never been able to use it in my artwork until this project, which was based on three themes: animal sexual behavior, their courtship rituals, and maternal instinct.

My characters in these short films.
I play bee, deer, all kinds of animals… I don’t like to take myself seriously.

How is this program like me?
When I was little, I watched snails that I kept in aquariums, took in stray cats, and never went anywhere without my dog, whom I named Yuppie, after Caroline, the heroine of children’s books. When I was 15, my father gave it to me King Solomon’s ring the book of Conrad Lorenz, the founder of ethology. There were few opportunities for women scientists at that time. I waited until I was almost 60 to pursue this dream.

My state of mind?
Happy. I became a grandmother for the third time.

Being a grandmother for the third time makes me happy

Isabella Rossellini

Are you talking about me during the promotion, out?
I’m not the most famous actress, but I do 400 to 500 interviews a year. I thank you for your interest, but it is a heavy burden sometimes.

Wooden tongue or very sharp?
We are careful when we are little, but at a certain age we say everything.

A topic that annoys me.
I actually have an ambivalent relationship with age issues. I am flattered that I am still called beautiful and that we are giving visibility to models and actresses who not so long ago disappeared after 40 years. But it is also reductive to return to the age-old question. “How do you age gracefully?”

I play bee, deer, all kinds of animals… I don’t like to take myself seriously

Isabella Rossellini

Still the holy fire.
Yes, because I updated myself. First, I became a model, then I became an actress. Then I wrote and directed it.

Misunderstanding about me?
I’m confused when I read that I’m an icon and especially when people ask me what effect it has. What do you want me to know about it? I didn’t choose this “label,” which seems more justified to an environmental activist like Jane Goodall than to me.

My current mental load.
I have two children, three grandchildren, whom I take care of very often, manage a farm, act, give interviews. After centuries of oppression for women, I don’t begrudge the freedom to flourish. However, there is a problem: we have entered the world of men’s work, but they still do not want to take over the domestic sphere, which supposedly belongs to us.

I don’t begrudge the freedom to flourish

Isabella Rossellini

Last time I was proud of myself?
When you read a review New York Times who described my comment chimera, By Alice Rohrwacher. I’m still on cloud nine.

What am I going to do after this interview?
Take care of my chicks and bees.

Green porn, Seduce me And MothersBy Isabella Rossellini on MUBI from 1^eh may