Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn’t and I tried to turn them into something they could never be. I loved them all but maybe I never understood any of them. I don’t think they understood me.
AVA GARDNERAll I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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 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 hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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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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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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