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.
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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.
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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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When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.
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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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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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