Joan Collins Quotes (46 Quotes)

According to my sister, the expert novelist Jackie Collins, 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.

one of the best and cheapest beauty treatments there is.

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

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.

It is a great way to celebrate a great lady who I have absolutely always adored. She is the Iron Lady and I want to be just like that when I grow up.

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.

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

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.

Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.

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

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.

Look, I'm an actress, Larry, I act. It doesn't matter - I don't consider myself a star like some people. I am a star, I can only do this.

I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.

I have a lot of male friends.

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.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

I ruefully realized I should have listened to my own common sense rather than the advice of others who have the less-than-altruistic motive of making money,

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

I've fallen in love maybe five times in my life. But it's a long life. I do get crushes. Whether it's men or women or babies.

My husband and I started off as friends, which has been very important for our relationship,

I don't seek to be in the tabloids but I suppose sometimes I go out and I'm wearing something and they take a picture and it's in.

He's also very bright. Very knowledgeable about everything. And we agree about everything. He's my best friend. He's my partner. We share everything.

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.

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.

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.

It was great. He was wonderful. He looked terrific.

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.

Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

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 loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the best terms with the people I work with.

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

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.

Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.

I think dieting is bad for you.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

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.

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.

I don't believe in dieting.

This is the third time we have worked together. We get along brilliantly so I feel great about it.

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 think health is another exceedingly important thing.

I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.