I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.
Joan CollinsI was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?
Joan CollinsI can't think of anything I would rather not - rather do than get up and not do anything. I have to do something. Whether it is painting, writing, acting, shopping, going to the gym, being with friends, going out - I just am a very active person. I have a lot of friends and I travel a lot.
Joan CollinsI don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
Joan Collins