Joan Collins Quotes
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The clothes were a huge part of what made 'Dynasty' fun.
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My grandmother spoiled my father rotten, and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.
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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.
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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.
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Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.
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Jennifer Aniston is cute, but I wouldn't call her beautiful. I think that is why Cheryl Cole is so popular, because she is just so pretty and the public are starved of gorgeous people. When I was young, everybody on screen was gorgeous.
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Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.
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If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.
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I've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.
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I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.
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I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.
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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!
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.
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I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.
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The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
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Well I've written four beauty books as well.
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I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.
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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.
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We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.
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My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.
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I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.
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I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.
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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.
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When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at myself in the mirror long and hard and then end up removing something. Whether it's a belt, bracelet or a bauble, less is always more.