Joan Collins Quotes
In 1984: "I enjoyed being an adulteress... taking a certain vengeance for the fact that my husband was not being faithful."
"The unfortunate statistics are that there are far more available and fabulous over-40 women than there are available and fabulous over-40 men."
"The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it."
"It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that."
"I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure."
"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. I created a lifestyle for myself. Nobody else did it for me. Everything I have I've bought with my own money."
"After a certain age, you get the face you deserve."
"I've never been that keen on Shakespeare."
[speaking in 1995] "I was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?"
"Age, in my opinion, has no bearing at all, that is unless, of course, one happens to be a bottle of wine."
[On
Margaret Thatcher's 80th birthday] "She's the Iron Lady and I want to be just like that when I grow up".
"The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer."
"I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife."
"The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them."
On her guest starring role on
Star Trek: "People still want to talk to me about that episode - some remember me more for that than anything else I've done" (Sept/Oct 2006 Star Trek Magazine, Issue #1).
