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

I have never given up on men easily.

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.

I'm quite happy being myself. I'm a big fan of Jessica Lange and Jeanne Moreau, but I don't want to be anyone else.

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

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

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.

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

At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.

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

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

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.

Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard.

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's a lot to learn. The bigger culture you have in life, the better actor you'll be. You'll have more to pull on.

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

Character contributes to beauty.

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

You have to forgive everybody. It's the best beauty treatment.

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 say.