--- title: "10 Years Quotes By Joan Collins" description: "10 Years quotes by Joan Collins. Plus more from Joan Collins and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/joan-collins-3164_drama_i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were_2348850.jpg" --- > [I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were-full-of-turmoil-and-drama/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/joan-collins-3164_drama_i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were_2348850.jpg) > [I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-was-a-pin-up-girl-i-did-it-for-30-years-and-quite-frankly-it-gets-a/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/joan-collins-3164_boring_i-was-a-pin-up-girl-i-did-it-for-30-year_383787.jpg) > [And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/and-then-i-wrote-my-first-autobiography-when-i-well-it-was-23-years/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/joan-collins-3164_autobiography_and-then-i-wrote-my-first-autobiography_2795774.jpg) > [Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/every-woman-should-wear-make-up-it-takes-years-off-i-m-wearing-lots/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/joan-collins-3164_best_every-woman-should-wear-make-up-it-takes_1894419.jpg) > [From the age of 17 I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/from-the-age-of-17-i-was-a-pin-up-girl-i-did-it-for-30-years-and/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/joan-collins-3164_bits_from-the-age-of-17-i-was-a-pin-up-girl-i_1244782.jpg) > [I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-think-it-is-shocking-that-15-and-16-year-olds-leave-school-unable/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/joan-collins-3164_ability_i-think-it-is-shocking-that-15-and-16-ye_527093.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-ve-spent-years-when-i-ve-not-been-in-the-limelight-at-all-and-i-m/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/joan-collins-3164_being_i-ve-spent-years-when-i-ve-not-been-in-t_875292.jpg) > [There are some brilliant designers but their clothes only really suit 6 foot 20-year-olds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/there-are-some-brilliant-designers-but-their-clothes-only-really-suit/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/joan-collins-3164_brilliant_there-are-some-brilliant-designers-but-t_1570234.jpg) > [I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-say-use-it-or-lose-it-i-have-my-own-fitness-regime-which-is-centred/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/joan-collins-3164_fitness_i-say-use-it-or-lose-it-i-have-my-own-fi_358169.jpg) > [I was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-was-thinking-who-of-the-english-actresses-in-the-last-30-or-40/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/joan-collins-3164_actresses_i-was-thinking-who-of-the-english-actres_587675.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## More by Joan Collins > [Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/of-course-it-does-on-opening-night-but-i-ve-never-had-that/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/hair-in-fact-is-probably-the-bane-of-most-women-s-lives/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [There's something about the air and the sky and the atmosphere in the South of France that must be very conducive to work, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/there-s-something-about-the-air-and-the-sky-and-the-atmosphere-in-the/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-don-t-look-my-age-i-don-t-feel-my-age-and-i-don-t-act-my-age-to-me/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/when-i-was-at-school-i-was-terrible-at-algebra-and-arithmetic-but-i/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/having-had-five-husbands-i-guess-i-should-know-a-thing-or-two-about/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [According to my sister Jackie, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/according-to-my-sister-jackie-most-men-stray-and-sex-doesn-t-mean/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-think-larry-one-of-the-things-is-i-m-a-very-active-person/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-used-to-go-over-to-gene-kelly-s-house-and-play-volleyball-and-paul/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/doing-20-minutes-of-stretching-light-weights-and-floor-exercises/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-don-t-know-why-people-are-so-obsessed-with-age-anyway-i-mean-90-is/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/the-body-is-like-a-car-the-older-you-become-the-more-care-you-have-to/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) > [And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/and-we-have-not-found-any-generational-gap-at-all-if-he-wants-to-go-a/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/when-i-was-49-i-posed-for-playboy-i-was-very-flattered-to-be-asked-i/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-say-use-it-or-lose-it-i-have-my-own-fitness-regime-which-is-centred/) [Joan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-collins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/joan-collins/#itemlist", "name": "10 Years Quotes By Joan Collins", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-collins/i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were-full-of-turmoil-and-drama/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/joan-collins-3164_drama_i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were_2348850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/joan-collins-3164_drama_i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were_2348850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/joan-collins-3164_drama_i-have-to-say-that-those-nine-years-were_2348850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.” — Joan Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was a pin-up girl. 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