What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
AVA GARDNERSex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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 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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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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 have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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