Quotes by Joan Collins

• And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.
• I don't believe in dieting.
• I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.
• I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it.
• I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.
• Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.
• But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.
• Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.
• And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.
• And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.
• And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.
• I have a lot of male friends.
• Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
• 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.
• If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.
• I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.
• Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.
• Well I've written four beauty books as well.
• The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
• The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
• The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.
• Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
• I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.
• I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.
• I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.
• I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.
• I think dieting is bad for you.
• I think health is another exceedingly important thing.
• I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.
• I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.
• I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.
• Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.