I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.
— Joan Collins
And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.
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.
It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?
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.
I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.
Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.
I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.
Well I've written four beauty books as well.
I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.
I think dieting is bad for you.
I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.
I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.
I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.
And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to go to a fashion show, I go. We don't have to do everything together. But we like doing most things together.
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.
Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.
I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.
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.
When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.
Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up.
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.
Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.
I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.
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.
I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.
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.
I don't believe in dieting.
But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.
And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.
And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.
The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
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 spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.
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 think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.
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 have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.
The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.
Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.
I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.
I think health is another exceedingly important thing.
I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.
I have a lot of male friends.
I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it.
Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.
And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.
