Joan Collins Quotes

Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.

Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.

The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.

According to my sister Jackie, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not, I've divorced people for that

And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to go to a fashion show, I go. We don't have to do everything together. But we like doing most things together.

After a certain age, you get the face you deserve.

Most of the time we've been living in England and now we've bought an apartment in New York which we absolutely love.

What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.

I am a fan of marriage and a fan of being committed to the right person.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

Yes, I remember the bombings. Yes, I remember, because - yes, I remember being in air raid shelters. Even though I was evacuated because I was very young, I remember being in air raid shelters and the tremendous feeling of compatibility with everybody.

No, that's what I think God does to you. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. And for most of that time, I have to say, my personal life was pretty miserable.

My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.

I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most beautiful girl in England by the association of press photographers. When they called Daddy for a comment, he said, 'I'm amazed. She's a nice looking girl, but nothing special.'

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

I've become totally hooked on Cellex-C. It's an anti-ageing serum and is fantastic. I use it morning and evening and even on my hands, where it has faded those dark spots.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40 so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.

Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whine about it.

If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous '40s musical on video. But I'm very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I'm a 'glass half full' person. In fact, it's three-quarters full!

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.

I never think about age. I believe your age is totally how you feel. I've seen women of thirty-five who are old and people of seventy-five who are young. As long as I look after myself physically, mentally and emotionally, I'll stay young.

I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own Dynasty range, named after various characters. I find this saves a ton of time - as well as my own hair.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

Well, it is quite daunting, but I made my first appearance on the stage when I was nine, because I went to a theatrical school, because I wanted to be an actress since I was eight.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

I don't believe in vitamin pills. I swear by men, darling-and as many as possible.

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.