I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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 was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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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.
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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 do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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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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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.
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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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