Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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 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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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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 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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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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I haven’t taken an overdose of sleeping pills and called my agent. I haven’t been in jail, and I don’t go running to the psychiatrist every two minutes. That’s something of an accomplishment these days.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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