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
I ruefully realized I should have listened to my own common sense rather than the advice of others who have the less-than-altruistic motive of making money,
My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him... My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.
It is a great way to celebrate a great lady who I have absolutely always adored. She is the Iron Lady and I want to be just like that when I grow up.
I do think it's very important, if you're going to spend the rest of your life with somebody, to know that you really like them. Because when the pheromones wear off, which of course they will, you have to have a strong basis.
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much
Look, I'm an actress, Larry, I act. It doesn't matter - I don't consider myself a star like some people. I am a star, I can only do this.
I eat an avocado every day. It's amazing for your skin. It's one of the super-foods, and I'm just so into eating properly and healthily.
It's like the Roman Empire. Wasn't everybody running around just covered with syphilis? And then it was destroyed by the volcano.
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.
Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.
The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?
Life is not life unless you make mistakes
Life is a predator: you have to eat it before it eats you.