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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 say.

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Jacqueline Bisset
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 13
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Weybridge
Surrey
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset
Called
Actually
Easy
America
Jacqueline
Jackie
France

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My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things.
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I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.
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The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.
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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, it's very addictive.
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