Joan Collins

I have a lot of male friends.

— Joan Collins

I think dieting is bad for you.

— Joan Collins

Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.

— Joan Collins

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

— Joan Collins

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

— Joan Collins

I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.

— Joan Collins

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

— Joan Collins

The endless bonking was exhausting me.

— Joan Collins

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

— Joan Collins

I was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?

— 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…

— Joan Collins

There are some brilliant designers but their clothes only really suit 6 foot 20-year-olds.

— Joan Collins

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

— Joan Collins

It's just something that I like, and I also don't buy into the ageism theory.

— Joan Collins

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

— Joan Collins

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

— Joan Collins

Well, it is quite daunting, but I made my first appearance on the stage when I was nine, because I went to…

— 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

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned…

— Joan Collins

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get…

— Joan Collins

I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own 'Dynasty' range, named…

— 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…

— Joan Collins

I loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the…

— Joan Collins

I was so fortunate to work closely with the designer Nolan Miller whilst on 'Dynasty' to create the wardrobe for Alexis Carrington…

— Joan Collins

If you feel well and happy, your face will reflect this, but if you are down in the dumps and having a…

— 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…

— 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…

— Joan Collins

All of a sudden I found myself with the reputation of being a swinger and a home-wrecker. Beverly Hills wives were supposed…

— Joan Collins

Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good…

— 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.…

— 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,…

— Joan Collins

I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was…

— Joan Collins

I don't believe in dieting.

— Joan Collins

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

— Joan Collins

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

— Joan Collins

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

— Joan Collins

Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?

— Joan Collins

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

— Joan Collins

After a certain age, you get the face you deserve.

— Joan Collins

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.

— Joan Collins