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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More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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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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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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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 have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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 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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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.
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