Being an icon is a full-time job: Isabella Rossellini

Isabella, who is the daughter of the late Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, said that glitzy showbiz events are an exhausting affair, the Financial Times reported.

"The red carpet has become like a parallel business. The next day, there are TV programmes, and magazines, and it's all 'Do you like the dress or not like the dress?' and 'Did she look fat?'

"To keep borrowing dresses and jewellery is like a full-time job. And you have to be a fantasy, which you can never be, so you always feel depressed. To be an icon is a big job