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\n\tJacqueline Bisset had \u201cmixed feelings\u201d when presented a Torino Film Festival lifetime achievement honor for a simple reason: \u201cI have not finished my career!\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tEven so, she gladly embraced Torino\u2019s invitation to champion the films closest to her heart \u2014 many small, independent titles that never found distribution in Italy. \u201cThey may not be widely known, but they show an actor\u2019s craft at its best,\u201d Bisset said, noting that she has often been \u201cjudged, to some degree, by my earlier work, where the film roles were not great.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tShe brought that same candor and enthusiasm to a Sunday press conference, happily sharing anecdotes about her iconic screen partners, while reserving her most generous praise for lesser-known collaborators. <\/p>\n
\n\tOf Paul Newman, she spoke affectionately of \u201ca truly kind man\u201d who was \u201cshy and terrible at telling jokes because he couldn\u2019t keep a straight face \u2014 he would start laughing before getting to the punchline.\u201d Of Mickey Rourke, she admitted, \u201cI had a little fear of him because he creates a kind of frenzy; it just builds around him. He\u2019s there, quietly talking, and all around is chaos.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tAnd of Kelly Blatz, her co-star in 2022\u2019s \u201cLoren & Rose,\u201d she beamed: \u201cHe gave me so much life because he really listened, staying patient through all my long monologues and lines. That\u2019s a real gift, because acting is all about exchange. If you pay particular attention, you can almost force the other actor to be more real \u2014 all by simply listening properly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSilence is necessary, and men love to talk about themselves,\u201d she added wryly, noting that this advice, passed down from her parents, has served her well \u201cin life and in cinema.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tBisset also offered a more practical tip: abandon the saltshaker. \u201cIf you don\u2019t want to age or swell like alcoholics, don\u2019t use salt,\u201d she said. \u201cYou will discover the true sensitivity of taste in food. It\u2019s fantastic, and it took me some time to learn this \u2014 but in Italy, it\u2019s hopeless; nobody listens.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tFood could also become political \u2014 a lesson made clear during the shooting of 1974\u2019s \u201cMurder on the Orient Express.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe production asked if we were willing to go against the union and shorten the lunch break from one hour to half an hour. I did not accept, because lunchtime was the highlight of the day \u2014 when we could sit and listen to Lauren Bacall \u2014 and they were asking us to break the rules. Vanessa Redgrave, who was fantastic, wonderful, and a born fighter, said, \u2018We must not accept, we must not give in.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tWhen it came time to vote, Vanessa led the charge. \u201cI raised my hand and voted, only to realize that no one else did. We completely lost. But Vanessa, truly passionate both as a woman and as an actress, said, \u2018That was the only moment of courage in that film.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe cookhouse, meanwhile, has become an outlet for Bisset\u2019s self-confessed autocratic instincts. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI have a great visual sense and I am very efficient, so I would be a fantastic director,\u201d she explained. \u201cI\u2019m also very organized, I don\u2019t like receiving help, and I prefer to have my own kingdom entirely to myself. So it\u2019s better that I do it at home, not on a set. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI wouldn\u2019t behave very well,\u201d she continued. \u201cI would certainly have problems with personal interaction \u2014 loving the wrong person, wanting to please one person and not another. I might become a monster. So I limit myself to doing my job as an actress, staying in front of the camera. And people don\u2019t enter my kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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