Quotes from Joan Collins

Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

I've become totally hooked on Cellex-C. It's an anti-ageing serum and is fantastic. I use it morning and evening and even on my hands, where it has faded those dark spots.

Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.

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.

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.

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70; 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40; so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

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.

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.

I've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.

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

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

From the age of 17 I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.

After a certain age, you get the face you deserve.

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.

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.

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.

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.

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.