I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
AVA GARDNERI hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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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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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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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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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