A biography for Britt Eklandhasn’t been written yet.
“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 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.”
“I'm no angel.”
“I'm a light sleeper, but so long as I'm wearing earplugs, I sleep well.”
“I think I suffer from body dysmorphia - I don't see what other people see.”
“I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.”
“Fame overcomes everything.”
“I own a home in Sweden, I rent in both Los Angeles and in Britain, and I'm constantly travelling.”
“My father had his own business, a clothing store, which he inherited from his father. He travelled abroad frequently and was quite extravagant, so we had skiing holidays and summer holidays on the beach.”
“I'm a very physical person. I like to run and I like to work out.”
“Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.”
“I listen to my body, I give it things it wants and I eliminate things it doesn't want.”
“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.”
“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.”
“A lot of young actresses have a hard time combining a reasonable love life with a career.”
“I don't sleep with happily married men.”
“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 will do my best to entertain. That's what I am: an entertainer.”
“The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.”