Joan Collins Quotes
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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.
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I think bare legs in winter are idiotic. Unless your naked pins are toned, tanned and veinless, it's best to cover up. There is nothing more elegant in winter than dark tights worn with matching knee-length boots and a belted trench coat.
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However much some journalists may criticize me, I know that I look, feel, and behave several decades younger than my actual age, and much of that is because I believe you are what you think you are. This is called positive affirmation, and it's a really strong tool.
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I never think about age. I believe your age is totally how you feel. I've seen women of thirty-five who are old and people of seventy-five who are young. As long as I look after myself physically, mentally and emotionally, I'll stay young.
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I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.
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My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.
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The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
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Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.
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And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.
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I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.
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I think dieting is bad for you.
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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.
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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.
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I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.
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I have a lot of male friends.
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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.
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My grandmother spoiled my father rotten and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.
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And sometimes when I would get in the morning, when we'd go out - we'd see shrapnel and bits of stuff in the streets and bombed buildings, and - but I was evacuated a lot. Every time the blitz got heavy, my parents would take us off to the country.
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I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.
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Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.
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Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.
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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.
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And I have a special cream that I use that I made myself that I invented, that I put on at night and during the day.
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I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.
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The endless bonking was exhausting me.
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I don't believe in eating junk and I protect my face all the time from the sun, even in the winter with base and makeup.
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Well I've written four beauty books as well.
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There are very few designers in Hollywood today who know how to really flatter a woman's body, and Mark Zunino is at the top of my list.
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It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?
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No, that's what I think God does to you. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. And for most of that time, I have to say, my personal life was pretty miserable.
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