I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
AVA GARDNERWomen’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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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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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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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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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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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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