Jacqueline Bisset

A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.

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

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.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.