Joan Collins Quotes

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Joan Collins

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 23, 1933

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.

Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.

Joan Collins

I eat an avocado every day. It's amazing for your skin. It's one of the super-foods, and I'm just so into eating properly and healthily.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

Joan Collins

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.

Joan Collins

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins

I think dieting is bad for you.

Joan Collins

I think health is another exceedingly important thing.

Joan Collins