Don't call me beautiful: Isabella Rossellini

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Jul 10 2016 | 12:07 PM IST
Actress Isabella Rossellini doesn't like to be called "still beautiful" and says the compliment is condescending at her age.
The 64-year-old actress, who starred in the iconic movies "Blue Velvet" and "Death Becomes Her", says she doesn't mind if she is critiqued on her style, reported Contactmusic.
"When people tell me, 'You look so glamorous, you look sophisticated or elegant,' it's wonderful. But when people say, 'You're beautiful,' I find it a little condescending. Worse now, because they say, 'You're still beautiful.'
"In Italian, we say it's a knife with both edges, because I know that they mean it to please me, but it's almost like saying to a black woman, 'You're not so dark, you don't look so black.' I am old: this is what 65 looks like," she said.
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First Published: Jul 10 2016 | 12:07 PM IST

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