I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
AVA GARDNEROh, 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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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I 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.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.
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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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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’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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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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