Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
AVA GARDNERHollywood – that’s a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, ‘Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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I haven’t taken an overdose of sleeping pills and called my agent. I haven’t been in jail, and I don’t go running to the psychiatrist every two minutes. That’s something of an accomplishment these days.
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And the news got worse. It appeared that there was this whole other person Jesus Christ whose birthday a lot of people tended to confuse with mine. I was personally outraged. It was a long time before I forgave the Lord for that.
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Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
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God knows I’ve got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don’t.
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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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I don’t mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I’ll go– cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Hollywood – that’s a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, ‘Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all.
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So this was where lust was satisfied. If I’d been an old-time miner I’d have asked for my gold nugget back.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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