Quotes By Jacqueline Bisset

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

I think I am an adult.

I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.

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

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.

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.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

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

I have never given up on men easily.

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 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.

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.