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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.

Ava Gardner

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Ava Gardner
Age: 67 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 24
Died: 1990
Died: January 25
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Ava Lavinia Gardner
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I am deeply superficial.
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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 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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Sex isn't all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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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 was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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What I'd really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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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 were on layoff. It was white slavery, and it lasted for seventeen years.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place.
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After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: “She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!”
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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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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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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 was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.
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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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