Jacqueline Bisset

“People make sequels a lot in Hollywood, and sometimes it feels like there's never an original thought.”

“Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.”

“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.”

“Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.”

“I'm a very nurturing kind of person and a sort of a homemaker. I'm just interested in things remaining fresh.”

“You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.”

“I grew up in a small town about 40 miles outside London, but it was a fairly cosmopolitan household.”

“I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality and energy and interest.”

“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.”

“I have never given up on men easily.”

“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.”

“I'm either offered window-dressing parts in large movies or little art films no one ever sees. People think the movies I end up doing are my real choices. I do the best things I'm offered.”

“A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.”

“I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.”

“Marriage has just never interested me.”

“I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave.”

“Time seems to stop in certain places.”