Joan Collins Quotes

 

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.

 

I’m extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

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

 

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.

 

I think health is another exceedingly important thing.

I think dieting is bad for you.

 

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.

 

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

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don’t get very much approbation for it.

I have a lot of male friends.

 

I don’t buy into you’re on the slag heap when you’re 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

 

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.

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.

 

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.

 

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