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.

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.

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.

I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific.

I consider myself a character actress, and that's working out. I'm getting chances to do things. I like the process - I don't want to pretend I'm something other than what I am.

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

Older people exude bundles of sexuality. Older men and women tend not run around like cats and dogs in heat.