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
voice important tools
Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.
unexpected film stills
I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.
america france easy
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.
thinking adults
I think I am an adult.
play acting talent
I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.
needs obsession film
I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.
people sometimes
You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.
people ears levels
Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard.
teacher memories latin
A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.
acceptance animal men
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.
giving feelings depth
To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.
art textiles lovers
I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.
girlfriend character play
At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.
anger people actresses
At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.