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
europe america intellectual
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.
people detectives conclusion
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.
eyebrows decision serious-work
Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with....
adventure finals film
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.
opportunity people share
When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.
home cooking done
I work very hard at relationships. I've done the thing of being home. I worked all day and came home and did all the stuff at home that a woman is supposed to do, the cooking and the entertaining. I'm a perfectionist, and, besides, I loved all those things.
character likes progression
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.
running dog cat
Older people exude bundles of sexuality. Older men and women tend not run around like cats and dogs in heat.
thinking judging people
If people choose to judge how you look, that's their situation. I didn't feel that it was a problem. I've played all kinds of parts. I've played glamorous, and unglamorous, and all kinds of people. People want to pigeon hole you, I think.
garden exotic plant
I love being in my garden. I don't plant a lot of exotic flora, but I do spend a lot of time outside doing manual labour.
acting needs lines
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.
hard-work play play-hard
I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.
study life-is ready
The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.
men given given-up
I have never given up on men easily.