Britt Ekland

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

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

“I was never particularly wild, just very busy and often didn't think about what I was putting into my body. Today things are very different. I stopped smoking in my late 30s; I avoid wheat a...”

“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...”

“Little bitty bags are completely impractical - I like big slouchy bags because they have to be comfortable for my lovely wee Chihuahua Tequila, who comes everywhere with me. I'm devoted to h...”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I don't sleep with happily married men.”

“I'd been a housewife and mother to our son Thomas Jefferson, and I was looking for a new career. So when my agent called and said a producer named Paul Elliott from E&B productions, the bigg...”

“Fame overcomes everything.”

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

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