Joan Collins

Diary – 26 November 2005

An actor’s life is either feast or famine but too many actresses now look like concentration-camp survivors

issue 26 November 2005

An actor’s life is either feast or famine. For 90 per cent of us too often it’s famine, as our thespian business is vastly overpopulated and competition is fierce. In the past months I’ve had more than five jobs, including a two-week stint on Footballers’ Wives, which, after almost a year of famine, felt like drinking nectar.

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