Joan Collins

“I have a great deal of warmth, but I also have a certain amount of glamour, and I don't want to lose it.”

“My motto is 'Faint heart never won fair lady'.”

“Life is a predator: you have to eat it before it eats you.”

“Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.”

“I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I'm the provider.”

“You have to be tough and put a little armor around yourself.”

“You've got to be in your own movie.”

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

“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.”

“I was born with a tremendous amount of energy. I've always been a go-getter.”

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

“I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the word 'humanist'.”

“I think that the moment you start giving advice is the moment you're getting old.”

“I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you're not wearing a tie. I'm a traditionalist.”