Joan Collins Quotes
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So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.
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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.
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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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What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.
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I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.
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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.
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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've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own 'Dynasty' range, named after various characters. I find this saves a ton of time - as well as my own hair.
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Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.
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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!
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I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.
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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.
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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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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.
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The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.
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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.
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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.
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If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?
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Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
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My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.
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I've said no to 'Celebrity Big Brother,' 'Strictly,' and the American one, 'Dancing With The Stars.' I don't feel it's right for me. I've been asked to do reality TV a zillion times. No way. No way. Nobody's going to get into my living room and see me there.
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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.
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I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.