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.
AVA GARDNERI have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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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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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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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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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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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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