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My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.
Joan Collins
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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
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Joan Henrietta Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins
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The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.
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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 don't seek to be in the tabloids but I suppose sometimes I go out and I'm wearing something and they take a picture and it's in.
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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.
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Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.
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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.
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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.
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I loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the best terms with the people I work with.
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I have a lot of male friends.
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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.
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There are very few designers in Hollywood today who know how to really flatter a woman's body, and Mark Zunino is at the top of my list.
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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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Most of the time we've been living in England and now we've bought an apartment in New York which we absolutely love.
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I've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.
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If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?
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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.
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Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.
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And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.
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I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.
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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.
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