Joan Collins Quotes

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Joan Collins

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 23, 1933

I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.

Joan Collins

I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.

Joan Collins

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.

Joan Collins

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

Joan Collins

I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.

Joan Collins

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

Joan Collins

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.

Joan Collins

I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.

Joan Collins

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.

Joan Collins

I do think it's very important, if you're going to spend the rest of your life with somebody, to know that you really like them. Because when the pheromones wear off, which of course they will, you have to have a strong basis.

Joan Collins