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63 quotes by Jacqueline Bisset

Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset (born 13 September 1944) is an English actress. In 2010, she received one of France's highest honours, the Légion d'honneur. Bisset began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968, starring opposite Frank Sinatra in The Detective and Steve McQueen in Bullitt, and received a most promising newcomer Golden Globe nomination for The Sweet Ride. In the 1970s, she appeared in François Truffaut's Day...
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I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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