Ava Gardner quotes

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely. (Ava Gardner)
Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. View quote
Ava Gardner
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have only one rule in acting--trust the director, and give him heart and soul. View quote
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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. View quote
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Sex isn't all that important, but it is when you love someone very much. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Ava Gardner)
It's a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore. View quote
Ava Gardner