Joan Collins Reveals Her Secret to Feeling Empowered at 93

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Dame Joan Collins is sharing some royally good advice.

Nearly two weeks after the Dynasty actress turned a spry 93 years old, she revealed she has “no secret” to feeling empowered in the latest decade of her career. Instead, she takes a different approach.

“I truly appreciate life,” Collins shared with The Independent at Variety’s Women of Power event on June 3. “Each morning, I focus on simple things – breathing, getting enough sleep, staying hydrated, and taking care of my well-being.”

As for what the legendary actress does on the days she may not be feeling her most confident self? 

“Watch TV—only old movies, though,” she added. “If you’re very lucky, you might manage to find an old Bette Davis film once in a while. But I like the films of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the ones with [Jack] Nicholson and Sarah Jessica Parker.”

Beyond her optimism, Collins—whose newest movie My Duchess premiered at Cannes last month—recently confirmed she prioritizes her physical health, too. 

In an interview with The Telegraph published on May 22nd, she explained that she needed a medical check-up for insurance purposes before filming started, just to make sure she was fit to work. Surprisingly, she was told she was in better health than anyone else on set!

Meanwhile, the Emmy nominee emphasized she’s lucky to have “very good genes.” 

“My father lived to be 87, and for somebody born in 1903 that’s pretty amazing,” she continued. “My mother took incredibly exceptional care of me and my sister. When we were growing up she gave us all supplements when nobody was taking supplements.”

Plus, Collins gets herself into the gym.

Oh my gosh, she actually told me about her workouts! Apparently, she sees her trainer a couple of times a week, which is amazing. It’s not like, super intense stuff, though – she said it’s more basic Pilates, the kind you do on the floor, not with those fancy reformer machines. I need to know her trainer’s number, seriously!

What Collins isn’t doing, though, is exercising by walking.

“It bores me,” she quipped. “I’ll walk around my apartment tweaking the flowers, but that’s about it. That sounds so ridiculous, and it will look ridiculous when you see it in print, but it’s true.”

For more stars who have shared their thoughts on aging, keep reading… 

She told Self magazine that she doesn’t focus on whether aging makes you look better or worse—it’s simply a process of change, and that’s perfectly natural. She believes life is all about evolving and adapting.

It’s impossible to stop aging – we all do, and that’s just a fact. Women often feel like getting older is a personal failing, like they should have been able to stay young forever. I think that’s a strange way to look at it, because getting older is actually a gift – not everyone has that chance, she explained to Access Hollywood.

Throughout history, whenever women have achieved progress, societal pressures seem to emerge to hold them back. She feels this is happening now, with increased judgment around aging or even being visibly pregnant. She believes this creates a harmful cycle where people are made to feel ashamed of their natural bodies, but she’s determined not to participate in that shame. She shared this with the Los Angeles Times.

“When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting,” she told Harper’s Bazaar.

“I’m actually happier with my body now… because the body I have now is the body I’ve worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn’t enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else’s,” she told Popsugar.

“Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They’re a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart. If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag, becoming hideous and gross, I won’t worry,” as she told Bustle. 

“F–k you. I’m 50. That’s what I’m going to say when I turn 50. Sorry,” as she told Popsugar. 

“Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets,” as the told PopSugar. 

“When you’re 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it’s fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it,” she told Bustle. 

“I do think about ageing. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can’t worry about it too much,” she told Marie Claire UK.

“There’s no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It’s beautiful, I call that beauty,” she told Ok! Magazine.

“Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead,” as she told MarieClaire.

She expressed surprise that anyone wouldn’t agree women become more beautiful with age, explaining that confidence grows over time and is the key to feeling – and looking – beautiful, as she shared with Net-a-Porter Magazine.

Ugh, it just kills me when people lie about their age! It’s like they’re refusing to be real, and honestly, it’s part of this bigger problem I see everywhere – everyone trying to be someone they’re not. Oprah gets it, though. She wrote this thing about how you absolutely have to embrace who you are, exactly as you are, to truly live. And she’s so right! It’s the only way, you know? Own it all – the age, the flaws, everything! That’s when life really starts happening.

“Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands…. In my older face, I see my life. Every wrinkle, every smile line, every age spot. There is a saying that with age, you look outside what you are inside. If you are someone who never smiles, your face gets saggy. If you’re a person who smiles a lot, you will have more smile lines. Your wrinkles reflect the roads you have taken; they form the map of your life. My face reflects the wind and sun and rain and dust from the trips I’ve taken. My face carries all my memories. Why should I erase them?” she told Vogue. 

“But I think as a woman, you get older, you feel more confident in your sexuality. You’re not as intimidated by it, not as embarrassed by it. Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin,” she told Glamour.

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2026-06-09 23:52