237 Quotes by Joan Collins

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.

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’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.

The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.

Well I’ve written four beauty books as well.

I was voted the most beautiful girl in the world in 1958, and courted by every young, available man in Los Angeles, most of whom I didn’t go out with, by the way.

If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous ’40s musical on video. But I’m very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I’m a ‘glass half full’ person. In fact, it’s three-quarters full!

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 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.