Britt Ekland Quotes

The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.

I would make a poor vegetarian because I adore meat.

I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.

I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was stunned.

I spend hours mowing the lawn in absolutely straight lines on my tractor. If it's not right, I do it again.

I met Peter Sellers when I was 21 and we got married ten days later. He was not right mentally, but I hung in there for four years before I left.

I am as far from a hypochondriac as you could ever be.

I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.

I am good at down grading - I have found I can live the same lifestyle in a two-bedroom apartment as in a five-bedroom house.

I listen to my body, I give it things it wants and I eliminate things it doesn't want.

I say I don't sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I don't sleep with happily married men.

Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that.

I will do my best to entertain. That's what I am: an entertainer.

I had a husband who, I'm convinced, was an undiagnosed manic depressive. He didn't treat me as if I had a brain - I was just this beautiful little doll he could show off.

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.

I broke my ankle ten years ago so high heels are not an option unless I'm literally going door to door for a function.

I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

I don't sleep with happily married men.

I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.

A lot of young actresses have a hard time combining a reasonable love life with a career.

I own a home in Sweden, I rent in both Los Angeles and in Britain, and I'm constantly travelling.

I think I suffer from body dysmorphia - I don't see what other people see.

Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.

I'm a very physical person. I like to run and I like to work out.

I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.

I have always worked and I would say I'm generous with money - if somebody needed anything I would always give it to them.

George Hamilton is one of the funniest men I have ever known.

Fame overcomes everything.

I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.

I used to smoke cigarettes, ten a day, but gave up when I was 28. Now my vice is several cups of coffee a day, which isn't great if you're prone to weak bones as I am, as caffeine can leach calcium.

I believe you need scientific proof that something works before you entrust your health to it.

I dieted all the time in the Sixties, but we had no idea what dieting meant - we thought it meant not eating anything.

I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills - I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships.

I know a lot of people didn't expect our relationship to last - but we've just celebrated our two months' anniversary.

I'd rather kill myself than dress like Victoria Beckham in towering heels day after day.

Back then I was called Dumbo because of my ears. I was called Fatty, too. It was hurtful so I became like the class clown. I became the one who was kicked around.

This is the moment behind which I could forget every other moment that has passed.

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a panto but the thought of going on stage was just too mortifying.

I'm a light sleeper, but so long as I'm wearing earplugs, I sleep well.