I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
AVA GARDNERI must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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 was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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If I had my life to live over again, I’d live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I’ve enjoyed my life. I’ve had a hell of a good time.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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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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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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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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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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