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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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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 never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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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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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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