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Quotes by Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

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

“A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.”

“I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality, and energy and interest. We all lose our looks eventually, better develop your character and interest in life.”

“Success as a woman has changed me. Thats what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a rounded human being, then it feeds my work in a broader way so it becomes more interesting.”

“You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As youre working, you hear someone elses lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.”

“You need to get in touch with your body ... do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone whos coordinated, preferably. You have to study, train, and you dont have to go to school necessarily, you can teach yourself a lot of stuff.”

“Youve got to work on your voice, its your tool and represents you. Its very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.”

“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.

We all lose our looks eventually better develop your character and interest in life.

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.

The deeper interior you have the more you have in your library.

Ideally couples need three lives one for him one for her and one for them together.

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 was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare. A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory.

Of course, you see your body changing as you age, but its more important to live than be too preoccupied with that sort of thing. I think ultimately what people care about in other people is the energy, the spirit.

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 love being in my garden. I dont plant a lot of exotic flora, but I do spend a lot of time outside doing manual labour.

I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I dont have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.

Ive done five films directed by women. I did like it. They had qualities, particularly in the romantic tenderness of scenes. I felt sometimes they were a little bit soft, but maybe they were clever to get the guys working the way they wanted them to.