Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
AVA GARDNERI wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Women’s liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn’t matter who wears the pants – as long as there’s money in the pockets.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.
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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.
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The truth is that the only time I’m happy is when I’m doing absolutely nothing. I don’t understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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