Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bissetis an English actress. In 2010, she received France's highest honours, the Légion d'honneur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth13 September 1944
I had no aspirations to be part of American cinema... I was really a Europe-based person, and those were the films I was inspired by.
good represents tool voice work
You've got to work on your voice, it's your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.
absorb becomes good hear lines
You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.
painful walked wonderful
I went to see Oliver Stone's 'Heaven & Earth,' which I thought was a wonderful movie, but I walked out because I was so moved. It was too painful to watch.
character interesting want
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.
tired weight looks
My looks are changing obviously, so I fuss like any woman if I look tired or whatever, I put on weight and blah, blah. But some part of me is very relaxed with it all.
character work-out want
I consider myself a character actress, and that's working out. I'm getting chances to do things. I like the process - I don't want to pretend I'm something other than what I am.
people like-family groups
There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.
school roles march
I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare.
reality people public-image
I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.
men needs perfectionist
I'm a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don't need to do them as much, these days.
air kind nurturing
I'm a very nurturing kind of person and a sort of a homemaker. I'm just interested in things remaining fresh.
want fans being-myself
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.
wonderful candy
Working with Candy Bergen was really wonderful.