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.
AVA GARDNERAnd 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.
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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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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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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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 must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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