Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardnerwas an American actress, icon and singer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 December 1922
CitySmithfield, NC
CountryUnited States of America
kids actresses looks
I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
fun taken sleep
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.
thinking reason wells
I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
lust gold nuggets
So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.
taken lazy acting
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.
sexy mistake thinking
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
forgiving able frailty
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.
looks
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I'm through.
inspiration superficial deep-down
Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.
night years people
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…
men phones world
Our phone bills were astronomical, and when I found the letters Frank wrote me the other day, the total could fill a suitcase. Every single day during our relationship, no matter where in the world I was, I'd get a telegram from Frank saying he loved me and missed me. He was a man who was deseperate for companionship and love. Can you wonder that he always had mine!
honey temper loses
When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place.
respect song needs
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.
animal men drunk
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, and from Artie Shaw's verbal abuse. But George [C. Scott] was a different category of animal when he got drunk. He'd break into my hotel room, which he did in Italy, London and at the Beverly Hills Hotel, attack me to where I was frightened for my life, and scream, 'Why won't you marry me?' Well, I would never marry a man who couldn't control his liquor. Me, I'm a happy drunk. I laugh, I dance. I certainly don't break bottles and threaten to kill.