Jacqueline Bisset quotes - page 2

You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive. (Jacqueline Bisset)
At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger. View quote
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I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do. View quote
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I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films. View quote
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I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare. View quote
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I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually. View quote
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Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result. View quote
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There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society. View quote
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This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America. View quote
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Working with Candy Bergen was really wonderful. View quote
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Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood. (Jacqueline Bisset)
You need to become a good listener. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting. View quote
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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. View quote
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Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character. View quote
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We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life. View quote
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I get called Jacqueline Bissette in America. In France, I get called Jackie Bisset. And actually, it is Jacqueline Bisset, which is not that easy to say. View quote
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The deeper interior you have the more you have in your llibrary. View quote
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I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type. View quote
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Time seems to stop in certain places. View quote
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I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific. View quote
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I'm quite happy being myself. I'm a big fan of Jessica Lange and Jeanne Moreau, but I don't want to be anyone else. (Jacqueline Bisset)
I've always loved men. View quote
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When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things. View quote
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I grew up in a small town about 40 miles outside London, but it was a fairly cosmopolitan household. View quote
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There is an eternal humanity that crosses through all people, and it's more interesting often when it's about struggle - not people with champagne glasses. View quote
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Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset - Image
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: English Actress
Born: September 13, 1944
Quotes count: 53