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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.

Ava Gardner

I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
AVA GARDNER

End Imagination Movie Myself World
I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
AVA GARDNER

Children Goodness Movie Myself
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
AVA GARDNER

Cheating Hate Myself Relationship
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.
AVA GARDNER

Better Hell Learning Movie Myself Quite Respect Studio
Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
AVA GARDNER

Character Deep Myself
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.
AVA GARDNER

Growth Hands Mindset Myself Old
Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn’t and I tried to turn them into something they could never be. I loved them all but maybe I never understood any of them. I don’t think they understood me.
AVA GARDNER

Final Love Myself Thinking Understand
When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
AVA GARDNER

Angry Lose Myself Place Temper Yourself
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
AVA GARDNER

Appearance Beautiful Myself
I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
AVA GARDNER

Money Myself Reason Time
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.
AVA GARDNER

Feeling Myself People Perfection Talk Time Truth Understand
I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
AVA GARDNER

Failure Love Marriage Myself Thinking Wisdom
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
AVA GARDNER

Feeling Float Myself Perfection Warm Water
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.
AVA GARDNER

Cook Goodness Gray Home Kitchen Music Old Sea Wonderful
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.
AVA GARDNER

Mistake Myself People Play Thinking Wrong
I’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 GARDNER

Care Enjoyment Enough Fun Myself Night Sleep

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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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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