Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Brigitte Nielsen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish actress, model, singer and reality television personality. She began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She subsequently acted in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV, later returning to the Rocky series in Creed II (2018). Nielsen is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film Cobra. She played a villain in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and starred as the Black Witch in the 1990s Italian film series Fantaghirò. She later built a career starring in B-movies, hosting TV shows, and appearing on reality shows.

Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl and then you become a mother. There is no transition into being a woman; you literally become a mum and being a mum means you always love someone else more than yourself and it is an unexplainable situation.
I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.
Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life. — © Brigitte Nielsen
Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life.
If people only knew the truth about being married to Sylvester Stallone.
I can go somewhere and switch off completely. I will let people know in advance that I'm away, but once I'm out of contact, I'm out of contact. That's it.
I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
I would hate it if my four boys were bullied as I was.
Nobody has had more awful things written about them than me.
In Denmark, when you marry, whether you have $1 million or just $10, you share it.
I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best comfort you can have, whether you are on the phone or sitting there in the living room with them, is with your parents, and to me family has always meant protection. When you smile you get a smile back, unconditionally.
I go every year to the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives and it's spectacular.
The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles is the best.
I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an operating theatre. — © Brigitte Nielsen
I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an operating theatre.
I'm 48 now and I would like to have another baby. I would love to because of all the things I have learned. It would be like starting all over again. But am I too old? I'm young at heart and I would be different this time round.
Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date.
People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.
When my dad died, it was as if my mum died, too.
I'm very outgoing. I have a lot of energy.
Acting is very similar to modeling.
Being cuddly has nothing to do with size.
My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.
I know I will be breaking a taboo. But I'm sure that it will provoke a new discussion. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again.
I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been.
Whether you go to Turkey or Mexico, China or Australia, find time to involve yourself with the people you're dealing with.
Manila is like a small New York. Nothing works, and everybody's out to get the better of you.
Certain men get intimidated and insecure around me. They can never get over the fact that I am taller than they are, but it really shouldn't matter.
The way some papers write about me, you'd think I was some kind of gold digger. The truth is, I've always earned my own money. Before I became a model in Europe, I even worked in a bakery store - for $1.50 an hour. It's a big jump from a bakery store to driving a Mercedes in California, but I'm the same person inside.
I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at. — © Brigitte Nielsen
I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at.
Despite my divorces, I still believe in marriage, and I have believed in all my marriages, although maybe not the one with Sylvester Stallone, as I was really pressured to marry him.
Puberty was the most horrifying time of my life.
A tall woman can be just as feminine as a petite woman.
When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job.
I like to be controlled, but that doesn't mean controlled like a dog.
I was 13 when I reached my present height. I was so skinny I looked like one of those starving people in Africa. The boys in my class would beat me up because I was too tall.
I've been put up in great hotels from a very young age, so I've been spoilt. What I can't stand is when I arrive somewhere and the room isn't ready. You call housekeeping, and it takes them three hours to get the room into shape. I'm afraid to say that the Hilton in London was not too good on that score.
A lot of women say, 'I look good thanks to magic creams,' but that's a joke.
It's fun playing a more feminine part. I can identify more with a woman of passion and emotion than with a cartoon character. Who knows what a cartoon feels?
When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job. Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life. And it is never a job from nine to five.
All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it. — © Brigitte Nielsen
All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it.
Im 48 now and I would like to have another baby. I would love to because of all the things I have learned. It would be like starting all over again. But am I too old? Im young at heart and I would be different this time round.
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