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 GARDNERAlthough 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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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.
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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.
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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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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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 suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.
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I’ve certainly never taken the care of myself that I should have. On the contrary. I’ve done a lot of late nights without enough sleep and all that. But I’ve had fun. Whatever wrinkles are there, I’ve enjoyed getting them.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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 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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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 hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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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.
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