Quotes by Joan Collins

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.”

“And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.”

“Well I've written four beauty books as well.”

“I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.”

“The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it - and you don't leave a Ferrari out in the sun.”

“I don't believe in dieting.”

“I think health is another exceedingly important thing.”

“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.”

“Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whine about it.”

“I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.”

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