I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
AVA GARDNERFame gives you everything you never wanted.
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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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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 think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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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