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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.

Joan Collins

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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
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I don't use e-mail I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
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I've said no to 'Celebrity Big Brother,' 'Strictly,' and the American one, 'Dancing With The Stars.' I don't feel it's right for me. I've been asked to do reality TV a zillion times. No way. No way. Nobody's going to get into my living room and see me there.
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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 used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most beautiful girl in England by the association of press photographers. When they called Daddy for a comment, he said, 'I'm amazed. She's a nice looking girl, but nothing special.'
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I can't think of anything I would rather not - rather do than get up and not do anything. I have to do something. Whether it is painting, writing, acting, shopping, going to the gym, being with friends, going out - I just am a very active person. I have a lot of friends and I travel a lot.
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Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
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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 buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.
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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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