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 GARDNERIf 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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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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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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Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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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 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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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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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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 hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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