What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
AVA GARDNERWhat I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I 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.
AVA GARDNERIt’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
AVA GARDNERI think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
AVA GARDNERAlthough no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
AVA GARDNERI must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
AVA GARDNERSo this was where lust was satisfied. If I’d been an old-time miner I’d have asked for my gold nugget back.
AVA GARDNERI 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.
AVA GARDNERDeep down, I’m pretty superficial.
AVA GARDNERI’ve certainly never taken the care of myself that I should have. On the contrary. I’ve done a lot of late nights without enough sleep and all that. But I’ve had fun. Whatever wrinkles are there, I’ve enjoyed getting them.
AVA GARDNERSex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
AVA GARDNERI 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.
AVA GARDNERI was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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.
AVA GARDNERGod knows I’ve got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don’t.
AVA GARDNERWhen I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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