37 Quotes by Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner was an American actress and Hollywood icon known for her beauty, talent, and turbulent personal life. She appeared in a number of classic films, including "The Killers", "The Night of the Iguana", and "Mogambo", and was known for her sultry, seductive on-screen presence. Gardner was also famous for her off-screen romances with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Frank Sinatra and Howard Hughes. Despite her personal struggles, she remains a beloved figure in the history of American cinema. (Bio)
Ava Gardner Quotes
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. (Meaning)
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.
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.
Women'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.
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.
It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values
Love is nothing but a pain in the ass
Elizabeth Taylor is not beautiful, she is pretty—I was beautiful.
What I'd really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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.
Sex isn't all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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.
When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place.
Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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.
I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.
Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I'm through.
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.
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 and all that. But I've had fun. Whatever wrinkles are there, I've enjoyed getting them.
After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: “She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!”
Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don't have a happy home.
I am deeply superficial.
Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.
I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely. (Meaning)
I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
For the loot, honey, for the loot.
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.
He will always be my Sir Galahad.
I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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.
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
― Ava Gardner Quotes
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