Joan Collins Quotes

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Joan Collins

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 23, 1933

One of the main secrets to staying young is staying healthy. I've sometimes had to suppress a smile when some young lady, who has obviously not taken care of herself through diet or exercise, says admiringly, 'Ooh, I hope I look as good as you do when I'm your age!' Although it's intended to be complimentary, it's actually a back-hander.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.

Joan Collins

I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking. I also have a trainer half of the year, as I spend my summers in the south of France where I swim a lot.

Joan Collins

I am a fan of marriage and a fan of being committed to the right person.

Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins

Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.

Joan Collins

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

Joan Collins

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

However much some journalists may criticize me, I know that I look, feel, and behave several decades younger than my actual age, and much of that is because I believe you are what you think you are. This is called positive affirmation, and it's a really strong tool.

Joan Collins

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

Joan Collins

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins