Joan Collins Quotes
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I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.
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The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.
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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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I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.
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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.
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There's something about the air and the sky and the atmosphere in the South of France that must be very conducive to work, to being creative, because I have written several of my books there. I find it so much easier because you're cut off. If you don't want to speak to anybody, basically they don't know where you are. And it's so beautiful.
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And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.
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I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.
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Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.
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I think health is another exceedingly important thing.
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I think bare legs in winter are idiotic. Unless your naked pins are toned, tanned and veinless, it's best to cover up. There is nothing more elegant in winter than dark tights worn with matching knee-length boots and a belted trench coat.
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The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it - and you don't leave a Ferrari out in the sun.
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I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If you feel well and happy, your face will reflect this, but if you are down in the dumps and having a miserable time, your face will soon show this, too. In fact, you get the face you deserve by the time you're forty, and one of the keys to looking and feeling younger is being active.
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My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him... My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.
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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.
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You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.
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Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
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I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.