Ava Gardner Quotes

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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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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.…
• 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…
• I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year you…
• I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes and Frank Sinatra,…
• 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…
• 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…
• Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I'm through.
• I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
• 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…
• What I'd really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
• It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
• Elizabeth Taylor is not beautiful, she is pretty—I was beautiful.
• Love is nothing but a pain in the ass

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