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.
AVA GARDNERFame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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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 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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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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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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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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 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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The truth is that the only time I’m happy is when I’m doing absolutely nothing. I don’t understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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