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. Talk about glitzy camp! It was a hoot as the girls (and boys) are fully made up, coiffed, manicured and exquisitely dressed to kill, or kick, in the height of chav fashion. Luckily, I played a magazine mogul with stunning wardrobe so I was able to stay away from Burberry ‘Andy caps’ and sequined jeans. Zoe Lucker, who plays the chief bitch Tanya, has to wear two-and-a-half-inch nails for the whole season. ‘How on earth do you wash your hair?’ I asked her. ‘Very carefully,’ she replied.

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