When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
AVA GARDNERWhen I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
AVA GARDNERI 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.
AVA GARDNERSing 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.
AVA GARDNERI 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.
AVA GARDNERFame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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.
AVA GARDNERI 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.
AVA GARDNERLove is nothing but a pain in the ass.
AVA GARDNERI do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
AVA GARDNERHollywood – 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.
AVA GARDNERI must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
AVA GARDNERSo this was where lust was satisfied. If I’d been an old-time miner I’d have asked for my gold nugget back.
AVA GARDNERI have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
AVA GARDNERWhat I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
AVA GARDNERPetting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
AVA GARDNERSex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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