Top 30 Britt Ekland Quotes

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

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 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 and gluten as this makes me feel bloated and sluggish; exercise regularly and bounce out of bed.

Fame overcomes everything.

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 him, now my kids have long since flown the nest.

The worst thing in the world is to be tired.

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

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

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 biggest panto company in the country at the time, wanted to meet me I agreed.

I would make a poor vegetarian because I adore meat.

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

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

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

I don’t sleep with happily married men.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 am planning my one woman show. It will be a showcase of my life. It starts at the beginning and ends where I am today. It will have every single inch of my life – as much as you can get into an hour. I will be touring everywhere.

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

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I’m waiting in the wings to go on, it’s agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I’m on stage it’ll be fine; I’ll be in my happy little bubble.

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