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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.

Ava Gardner

I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
AVA GARDNER

Director Heart Himself Myself Rule Soul Trust
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.
AVA GARDNER

Change Enjoyment Goodness Hell Life Live Myself Time Truth Way
Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
AVA GARDNER

Believe Character Country Girl Myself Value Woman
I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
AVA GARDNER

End Imagination Movie Myself World
Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
AVA GARDNER

Character Deep Myself
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.
AVA GARDNER

Better Divorce Hollywood Philosophy Place Public View
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
AVA GARDNER

Cheating Hate Myself Relationship
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.
AVA GARDNER

Bad Goodness Greatness Myself Night Remember Time
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
AVA GARDNER

Feeling Float Myself Perfection Warm Water
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.
AVA GARDNER

Accomplishment Myself Prison Sleep
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 GARDNER

Mistake Myself People Play Thinking Wrong
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.
AVA GARDNER

Growth Hands Mindset Myself Old
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.
AVA GARDNER

Better Hell Learning Movie Myself Quite Respect Studio
Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
AVA GARDNER

Love One Liner Pain
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
AVA GARDNER

Appearance Beautiful Myself
When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
AVA GARDNER

Angry Lose Myself Place Temper Yourself

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