I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
AVA GARDNERAll I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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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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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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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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If I had my life to live over again, I’d live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I’ve enjoyed my life. I’ve had a hell of a good time.
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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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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