Joan Collins
Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBEis an English actress, author and columnist. Born in Paddington, west London, and brought up in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. After making her stage debut in A Doll's House at the age of nine, she trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artin London. She then signed an exclusive contract with the Rank Organisation and appeared in various British films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth23 May 1933
CountryUnited States of America
Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.
It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.
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.
I've fallen in love maybe five times in my life. But it's a long life. I do get crushes. Whether it's men or women or babies.
Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.
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've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.
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.
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.
I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own 'Dynasty' range, named after various characters. I find this saves a ton of time - as well as my own hair.
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.
Life is a predator: you have to eat it before it eats you.
Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
Life is not life unless you make mistakes