Jacqueline Bisset Quotes
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.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.
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I talked to some vets in L.A. about what they go through and do they think about their experiences a lot. I got a wide array of answers. Some people get very emotional, which is understandable. Two of my best friends growing up are in the armed services, and getting to represent those guys was a big honor for me.
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The world is littered with movies about people that are depressed that either did not come out or are not successful.
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No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells.
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It can be painful leaving parts of yourself behind. Change and shuffling off your previous skin is traumatic, but it can be done.
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Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important.
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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.
