Joan Collins Quotes

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

I have a lot of male friends.

Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it.

Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists.

If you eat junk, you look like junk. People say, 'It's not my fault, it's my glands.' It's not; it's greed!

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.

Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?

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

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.

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.

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

And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.

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

I was voted the most beautiful girl in the world in 1958, and courted by every young, available man in Los Angeles, most of whom I didn't go out with, by the way.

I was so fortunate to work closely with the designer Nolan Miller whilst on 'Dynasty' to create the wardrobe for Alexis Carrington Colby, and we had great fun sourcing outfits.

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 have a lot of male friends that I go the cinema with and movie and shopping. A lot of men friends I know love shopping.

I don't believe in eating junk and I protect my face all the time from the sun, even in the winter with base and makeup.

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.

I was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?

And I have a special cream that I use that I made myself that I invented, that I put on at night and during the day.

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.

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.

The endless bonking was exhausting me.

In fact, the 20th century I think was the most fascinating century and the whole of man civilization because so much happened.

I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.

Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up.

I 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.

I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.

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

The clothes were a huge part of what made 'Dynasty' fun.

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

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

The cosmetics industry has much to answer for. It's a multi-million- pound confidence trick based on giving women endless hope, courtesy of overpriced little pots.

There are very few designers in Hollywood today who know how to really flatter a woman's body, and Mark Zunino is at the top of my list.

My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be and I was determined not to be.

When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of the models they feature are in their twenties.

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

If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?

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

I think health is another exceedingly important thing.

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.

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

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

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

I'm a woman for all seasons. I mix 'n' match, do designer and high street - keep all my good pieces. I design all my evening and cocktail dresses most of the time as I dislike what is out there.

There are some brilliant designers but their clothes only really suit 6 foot 20-year-olds.

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

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