237 Quotes by Joan Collins

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

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

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 do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.

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 cosmetics industry has much to answer for. It's a multi-million- pound confidence trick based on giving women endless hope, courtesy of overpriced little pots.

When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of the models they feature are in their twenties.

My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.