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I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.

Joan Collins

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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
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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.
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One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
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I have a lot of male friends that I go the cinema with and movie and shopping. A lot of men friends I know love shopping.
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I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.
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Life is a predator: you have to eat it before it eats you.
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I have a lot of male friends.
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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.
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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.
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I was so fortunate to work closely with the designer Nolan Miller whilst on 'Dynasty' to create the wardrobe for Alexis Carrington Colby, and we had great fun sourcing outfits.
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I think health is another exceedingly important thing.
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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.
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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.
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Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.
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I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking. I also have a trainer half of the year, as I spend my summers in the south of France where I swim a lot.
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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.
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According to my sister Jackie, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not, I've divorced people for that
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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.
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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.
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I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.
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It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.
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